Base Realignment and Closure: Department of Labor Announces $28 Million in National Emergency Grant Funds to 35 States, District of Columbia and Guam for Community Planning and Partnership Formation

On June 28, the Department of Labor announced that more than $28 million in National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds had been awarded to 35 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, each of which could be affected by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations.

States applied for funds in response to guidance issued by the Department in late May. Phase I planning grants are designed to help states initiate early community planning in order to provide assistance for workers and spouses potentially affected by BRAC 2005 final actions. Funds will be used to establish local BRAC partnerships for the benefit of workers and key stakeholders. Their use will have no impact on subsequent BRAC-related recommendations or actions.

NEG funds awarded may not be used as part of a local or state initiative to prepare information or lobby to keep military installations from being on the final BRAC 2005 list. This and other Department of Labor BRAC-related activities have been made in consultation with the Department of Defense.

BRAC PHASE I PLANNING GRANT RECIPIENTS:

Alabama: $1,000,000
Mississippi: $250,000
Alaska: $615,000
Missouri: $1,000,000
Arkansas: $1,000,000
Montana: $76,690
California: $1,370,000
Nebraska: $75,000
Connecticut: $1,000,000
Nevada: $528,500
Florida: $1,000,000
New Mexico: $1,000,000
Georgia: $1,000,000
New York: $730,000
Hawaii: $45,000
North Carolina: $1,000,000
Illinois: $1,500,000
North Dakota: $1,000,000
Indiana: $1,500,000
Ohio: $1,000,000
Kansas: $850,000
Oklahoma: $250,000
Kentucky: $300,000
Pennsylvania: $1,000,000
Louisiana: $1,000,000
South Carolina: $500,000
Maine: $1,273,628
South Dakota: $1,000,000
Maryland: $1,237,500
Texas: $235,000
Massachusetts: $1,000,000
Virginia: $1,000,000
Michigan: $221,778
Wisconsin: $75,000
Minnesota: $500,000
District of Columbia: $ 950,000
Guam: $ 475,000