The SBRC measures the impact of our investments through data-driven outcomes.
The commission’s structure comprises a Federal Co-chair, appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and governors of the member states, of which one is appointed the state co-chair on a rotating basis.
The Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) is a partnership between the federal government and the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to provide federal grant funding to economically distressed and persistent poverty communities to carry out infrastructure improvements and economic and community development projects. Congress authorized the commission in the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, “the Farm Bill”.
SBRC’s mission is to provide federal grant funding to economically distressed and persistent poverty communities to carry out infrastructure improvements and economic and community development projects to strengthen economic growth and help build sustainable communities across the Southwest region.
The Southwest Border region encompasses 93 counties and 35.1 million people throughout the four states. It is a region rich in cultural and economic diversity, with a dedicated workforce and dynamic industry.
The commission is congressionally authorized to assess the needs and assets of its region, develop comprehensive and coordinated economic and infrastructure development strategies, enhance the capacity of local development districts, establish priorities, and approve grants, encourage private investment to support job creation, and strengthen local and regional economies.
The counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma in the State of Arizona
The counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura in the State of California
The counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Gillespie, Glasscock, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Loving, Mason, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Shleicher, Sutton, Starr, Sterling, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Winkler, Zapata, and Zavala in the State of Texas
The counties of Catron, Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Sierra, and Socorro in the State of New Mexico
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The Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) is a Federal-State partnership for economic and community development within the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.
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