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Commerce emergency rule raises Community Assistance Grants pool, award cap after $10 million appropriation
Summary
The Arkansas Department of Commerce presented an emergency rule to expand eligibility and raise award caps for its Community Assistance Grants following a $10 million appropriation; the House committee approved the rule without objection.
The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee reviewed and approved an emergency rule from the Arkansas Department of Commerce that amends the Community Assistance Grants program to reflect a recent appropriation and widen eligibility. The committee approved the rule without objection; review and approval were recorded as effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Jay Quinley, director of legislative affairs for the Arkansas Department of Commerce, told the committee the session appropriation raised the program’s funding pool to $10 million. Quinley said the rule expands the pool of eligible applicants to include certain nonprofits that carry out community development and assistance projects and increases the maximum award from $50,000 to $1.5 million.
Quinley described eligible projects as “construction or renovation of community centers, libraries, public health and police or firefighting equipment.” Committee members asked for examples of qualifying nonprofits; Quinley said the rule text identifies nonprofits that participate in the program’s covered project types. The rule was approved by voice without objection and will take immediate effect as recorded by the committee.
