Healthy Communities Grant Program for New England
The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England's main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that:
- Target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas needing to create community resilience, environmental justice areas of potential concern, sensitive populations (e.g., children, elderly, tribes, urban and rural residents, and others at increased risk)].
- Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.
- Increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects.
- Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.
- Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits.
To qualify as eligible projects under the Healthy Communities Grant Program, proposed projects must: (1) be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the Target Investment Areas; and (2) identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the Target Program Areas. Detailed descriptions of the target areas can be found in the annual RFA.
Recent Request for Applications (RFA)
Application Materials
Application for Federal Assistance: Standard Form 424
Budget Information: Standard Form 424A
Preaward Compliance Review Report: EPA Form 4700-4
Key Contacts: EPA Form 5700-54
To access these forms, please visit EPA Grantee forms.
Additional materials being requested will be identified in the annual RFA.
Information Sessions
EPA sponsors information sessions to assist applicants with the Healthy Communities grant application process. The information sessions provide an overview of the target programs, submission requirements and examples of previously funded projects. In addition, participants will be offered practical tips on how to prepare a strong grant application. Information sessions are announced in the annual RFA.