ACCG-GMA Congressionally Directed Spending Webinar

ACCG and GMA recently co-hosted a Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) Requests webinar to provide county and city officials with information and best practices on how to apply for federal earmarks through the annual Congressionally Directed Spending /Community Project Funding process. Resources from the webinar along with additional information are available below to aid local governments with the CDS process.

• Congressional Directed Spending in DeKalb County - presentation by Tara Smith 
• Senator Warnock's office: Appropriations
• Congressman Barry Loudermilk's office: FY2025 Guidance - Programmatic and Language Requests; FY2025 Community Project Funding - Eligible Accounts (Note that the FY2025 process is now closed, and these documents are for reference only.)
• Additional CDS Resources:
• GMA Article: "Congressional Appropriations Requests: What Cities Need to Know"
• NACo Article: "UPDATED Congressionally Directed Spending for Fiscal Year 2025: How counties can navigate the earmarks process"
• NLC Article: "Unlocking Funding: A Guide to Community Project Requests"

All questions should be directed to ACCG's Martha Revelo (mrevelo@accg.org) or GMA's Claire Chan (cchan@gacities.com).