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African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS)

AEDS will provide training and technical assistance to help 450 MN entrepreneurs—mainly limited English proficient African immigrants —start, stabilize, and grow businesses.

Amount Requested

$1.0M

MNFY2026Senate CDSRequested — not yet enacted

Federal Funding Lifecycle

FY2026

FFID tracks stages 1–1 — before this project reaches public procurement channels.

Congressional Request

Member submits CPF / CDS

FFID

Enacted

Signed into appropriations law

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Agency Administration

Grant program / solicitation planned

SAM.gov / Grants.gov

Opportunity posted publicly

Federal Award

Obligation recorded in USASpending

Requested — not yet enacted. This project has been submitted by the sponsoring member but has not yet been signed into law. Enactment rate for Senate CDS requests is approximately 20%.

Requested — monitor for enactment

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Project Description

AEDS will provide training and technical assistance to help 450 MN entrepreneurs—mainly limited English proficient African immigrants —start, stabilize, and grow businesses.

Sponsoring Member

Tina Smith

Senator · MN

Recipient Organization

African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS)

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Data Provenance

Source
Senate Appropriations Committee
Status
requested
Fiscal Year
FY2026
Category
education schools workforce
Use Case
workforce training
Record ID
d08cf1b4-0350-409d-a519-8611bc9d4efb

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Early positioning intelligence

This project has been requested but not yet enacted. FFID often surfaces CPF/CDS-funded project intelligence months — and in many cases 12–18 months — before a formal solicitation appears on SAM.gov or a local procurement portal. Use this stage to identify the recipient, likely procurement channel, and principals before competitors wait for an RFP.

Principals

TS

Tina Smith

D · MN · Senate

(202) 224-5641

Confirmed from FFID congressional source

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African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS)

Grant recipient

Confirmed from FFID source

ED

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Administering agency

Inferred pathway based on agency

Procurement pathway

high confidence

Likely procurement owner

recipient

Funding vehicle

grant

Expected channel

University purchasing portal

Education grants flow to school districts and universities. The recipient runs the procurement on their own purchasing portal — not SAM.gov.

Grant flows to school district or university. RFP on district or university procurement portal — not SAM.gov.

Enactment likelihood

Base rate (all CPF/CDS)

~20%

This member's rate

15%

Prior projects for recipient

1

FY

2026

Enactment likelihood is a probabilistic estimate based on member history in FFID data. It is not a guarantee. Members on Appropriations committees and majority-party members have higher historical rates.

Procurement portals to monitor

SAM.gov is one source. Many CPF/CDS-funded solicitations appear first on state and local portals. Check all channels.

Portal coverage confidence varies by state. FFID does not guarantee all local awards appear on these portals. Last updated: static map.

Procurement signals

No matched procurement signal found yet. FFID will check SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and connected state portals weekly. This project may still be in grant agreement, planning, design, or local procurement preparation.

Signal monitoring active from Phase 3 · Last checked: not yet running