Office of Economic Adjustment

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Office of Economic Adjustment Roles and Assistance
David F. Witschi Associate Director,
OEA 703.604.5820 David.witschi_at_wso.who.mil
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Role within DoD

• Provide direct technical and financial assistance
• Technical publications and multi-disciplinary
  staff
• Grant assistance to plan and carry out
  adjustment strategies
• Outreach and networking opportunities
• Direct DoD Economic Adjustment Program
• Coordinate Federal assistance through Economic
  Adjustment
• Program
• Provide DoD resources to assist local recovery
  programs
• Help affected communities to make informed
  decisions

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Mission Statement OEAs Core Identity

• The Office of Economic Adjustment, in
  coordination with the other resources of the
  Federal Government, shall
• Assist communities to plan and carry out local
  adjustment strategies
• Assist communities to engage the private sector
  in ventures to plan and/or undertake economic
  development and base redevelopment and
• Assist communities to partner with the Military
  Departments as they implement BRAC actions in
  support of DoDs mission.

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Process Timeline
SecDef initiates BRAC 05 Process (establish
organization, process, and initial policy (Nov
02))
Selection Criteria Published (Feb 04)
SecDef BRAC Report and Certifications (Delivered
March 23, 2004)
Commissioner Nominations (15 Mar 05)
Threat Assessment/Revised Force Structure Plan
(15 Mar 05)
SecDef Approves and Forwards Recommendations for
Realignments and Closures to Commission (May 16,
2005)
Commission Process (May 05 - Sep 05)
Presidential Review and Approval (Sep 05)
Congressional Action (Sep 05 45 Legislative
Days)
NOV 02
DEC 05
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BRAC 05 Community Assistance

• Advanced Planning Grants (Jun 04- May 05)
• Local conceptual reuse or diversification
  planning
• Dual Tracking (16 May- Sept 05)
• State/Local adjustment while S/L govt. pursues
  other options
• Growth Management Planning Assistance (16 May 05
  gt)
• State/local adjustment preliminary to full
  support package
• Seed Grants (Upon BRAC Commission Report)
• State/local adjustment with operational support
• Complete Adjustment Assistance (Upon Final
  Report)
• State/local adjustment full support package
• State Planning Grants
• State-wide adjustment or diversification

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Advance Planning Grant Assistance

• When
• Summer 2004 - on, NOFA published June 17, 2004
• Criteria
• Substantial portion of the economic activity or
  population of the geographic area to be subject
  to the advanced planning is dependent on defense
  expenditures
• Applicants
• State and local governments, not less than 10
  cash match
• Activities
• Diversification plan
• Blueprint for community in event of a closure,
  conceptual reuse plan
• May be used to hire consultants
• Amount is tailored to community needs - 175,000
  cap

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Dual Tracking Assistance

• When
• SECDEF Recommendation/BRAC Commission Report,
  May-Sept. 05
• Criteria
• Proposed establishment, realignment, or closure
  of a military base
• Finding of a direct and significantly adverse
  impact on the affected community
• Applicants
• State and local government, not less than 10
  cash match
• Activities
• Become aware of the base reuse process and
  potentials
• Inventory economic development resources, state
  and federal resources
• Identify the stakeholders
• Prescribe a preliminary structure for the Local
  Redevelopment Authority (LRA)
• Network with other communities

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Growth Planning Assistance

• When
• Service Force Structure and Transformation
  Implementation
• Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy
  (IGPBS)
• SECDEF Recommendation/BRAC Commission Report,
  May-Sept. 05
• Criteria
• Defined DoD action that imposes a direct and
  significantly adverse consequence to local
  government
• Greater than 2,000 net new, direct, military,
  civilian contractor personnel or personnel
  levels that exceed 10 of employment within 15
  miles of the base
• Applicants
• State and local governments, Indian tribes,
  District of Columbia, Commonwealths of Guam and
  Puerto Rico
• Activities
• Technical assistance to communities in developing
  Growth Management Strategies
• Financial assistance to hire consultants and/or
  for organizational/other costs, based on
  community needs, capabilities and capacities
• Duration of Support typically 18 months
• Amount is tailored to community needs

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Seed Grant Assistance

• When
• BRAC Commission Report issued ( by 8 Sept. 05)
• Criteria
• Proposed establishment, realignment, or closure
  of a military base
• Finding of a direct and significantly adverse
  impact on the affected community
• Applicants
• State and local government, not less than 10
  cash match
• Activities
• Operational support
• Inventory your economic development, state, and
  federal resources
• Identify the stakeholders
• Prescribe a preliminary structure for the Local
  Redevelopment Authority (LRA)
• Network with other communities

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Complete Adjustment Assistance

• When
• SECDEF Recommendation/BRAC Commission Report,
  May-Sept. 05
• Criteria
• Actual establishment, realignment, or closure of
  a military base
• Finding of a direct and significantly adverse
  impact on the affected community
• Applicants
• State and local government, not less than 10
  local cash match
• Activities
• Organizational/other costs associated with
  planning and carrying out a community adjustment
  strategy, including base reuse plan
• May be used to hire consultants and/or staff
• Duration of Support Multi-year, average three
  to six years
• Amount is tailored to community needs
• 78 multi-year grant recipients, averaging 2.1
  million each

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State Planning Grant Assistance

• Criteria
• State enhances its capacities to
• assist communities adversely affected by a
  closure or realignment support local adjustment
  and diversification initiatives
• stimulate cooperation between statewide and local
  adjustment and diversification efforts
• Applicants
• State government, not less than 10 cash match
• Activities
• Develop a state-wide adjustment or
  diversification strategy
• Build staff capacity to assist or coordinate
  assistance to defense-impacted communities,
  firms, and/or workers

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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT

• www.oea.gov
• 703-604-6020