The Economic Development Assistance Corporation (EDAC), provides consulting services to CDCs, governmental agencies, foundations, financial institutions and small business ventures in the following areas:

Governmental grantsmanship:
OCS/HHS CDFI/BEA HUD 108:EDI/CEBI EZ/EC EDA/OEDP SBA 7A/8A DOL/ETA

• Business incubator development/feasibility studies
• CDFI, CDCU and CEBI/CIIC formation and capitalization
• Bank strategic planning for community development lending
• Base closing-related economic development strategies
• Regional economic development: strategic planning for local collaboratives, governmental agencies and port authorities
• Neighborhood master planning activities
• Retail area revitalization strategies
• Employment and training initiatives
• Development and business finance
• Technical assistance to micro-equity and micro-loan programs
• Charter school linkages with CBO's
• Transitioning from housing to business support services
• Securitization for loan funds
• Programmatic innovation and evaluation