CED Planning Grants

Publication Date: December 14, 2023

Current as of: March 4, 2025

This module is part of the CED Grant Recipient Toolkit.

Community Economic Development Planning (CED-P) grants help recipients develop comprehensive and viable plans to spur economic development, with the aim of allowing recipients adequate time and resources to apply for traditional CED job creation awards.

Review the materials in this section to learn more about your responsibilities as a CED-P grant recipient and the information you will need to get started with your grant. The information presented in this page is only relevant for CED-P grant recipients.

Reporting Resources

Performance Progress Report

CED-P grant recipients should use this reporting guidance, not the traditional CED job creation reporting resources, due to the differences in the Performance Progress Report (PPR). CED-P grant recipients now use a CED-Planning specific PPR (PDF).

Watch the CED-Planning PPR Training video for more information about the CED-Planning PPR.

The reports for CED-P grants are submitted on a quarterly basis and should be submitted through GrantSolutions, not OLDC.

Refer to the GrantSolutions User Guide (PDF) for more information about submitting the PPR in GrantSolutions.

Reporting Period Covered	Due Date
October 1 - December 31	January 30
January 1 - March 31	April 30
April 1 - June 30	July 30
July 1 - September 30	October 30

Federal Financial Report

The Federal Financial Report (FFR), or SF-425, is used to report expenditures and cash transactions as well as track the status of financial data tied to a particular grant.

The FFR form and instructions for completing the form are available in your Notice of Award in GrantSolutions.

The form is available through Payment Management Services (PMS) .

Reporting Type	Reporting Period Covered	Due Date
Semi-Annual	September 30 - March 31	April 30
Semi-Annual	April 1 - September 29	October 30
Annual	September 30 - September 29	December 30

Insights from CED Grant Recipients

East Missouri Action Agency on Support Services

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Mel Trotter Ministries on Support Services

Coastal Enterprises on CED in Rural Communities

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Kentucky Highlands on CED in Rural Communities

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Technical Assistance

CED-P grant recipients can receive technical assistance for their project from the Office of Community Services, university partners, and field experts.

CED-P grant recipients have access to the following forms of technical assistance:

1-on-1 Program Specialist Calls
Small Group Meetings
Large Group Meetings
Individualized Technical Assistance

Refer to CED Planning Technical Assistance Meetings - What to Expect (PDF) to learn more about each opportunity to receive technical assistance.

To receive individualized technical assistance, email OCSRegistrar@icf.com with your interest in assistance. An initial call will be set up to understand your project’s needs and the type of assistance and expertise that can support the project.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Finance and accounting
Grant budgeting and management
Project funding and leveraging
Construction and renovation (real property) and loan and investments (intangible property)
Nonprofit and public leadership
Market research
Data collection and analytics
High-quality jobs and wraparound services
Community building and civic engagement
Entrepreneurship
Business planning, viability, and sustainability