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The Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) is an economic development partnership between the federal government and the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. SBRC’s mission is to provide federal grant funding to economically distressed communities for infrastructure improvements and economic development projects.
The SBRC is dedicated to investing in traditionally underserved and economically distressed communities, as defined by federal statutes. The organization is required to allocate 50% of its grant funds to these “distressed” areas, which face persistent economic challenges. Additionally, the SBRC has set aside at least 5% of its grant funds specifically for Tribal communities, ensuring that these often marginalized regions receive support for economic development.
Investing in Underserved Communities and Assisting the Most Distressed Communities First.
Eliminating Barriers to Economic Development, Building Local Capacity, and Providing Technical Assistance.
Leveraging Commission Funds, Forming Partnerships, Reducing Costs, and Completing Projects.
Alignment with Administration Goals.
The SBRC has identified seeks co-investment opportunities with local, state, and federal partners.
The SBRC seeks to facilitate project development and completion by partnering with communities which have planned investments but require additional funding for project completion. The SBRC will review these opportunities to leverage its funds and finalize projects through multi agency investments.
The SBRC is required to assess its region’s economic and demographic distress level annually and to classify counties’ distress levels. The map depicts the economic status of the SBRC’s counties using the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) national index-based economic classification system.
The counties that are economically distressed and underdeveloped or have recently suffered high rates of poverty, unemployment, and outmigration
Attainment Counties The countries are not designated as distressed or transitional counties. Counties ranking in the top 25% if the national counties.
The countries are the most severely and persistently economically distressed and underdeveloped and have high rates of poverty unemployment and outmigration.
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The Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) is a A Federal-State partnership for economic and community development within the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.
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