EPA Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England
Informational webinars scheduled April 5 and 14
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making grants available for New England communities to support EPA's mission to reduce environmental risks, protect human health and improve the quality of life.
EPA New England's Healthy Communities Grant Program is a unique opportunity for community organizations to identify and reduce environmental risks, resulting in improved human health protection, better quality of life, advanced resilience, and preserved/restored ecosystems to address their local priorities in conjunction with EPA focus areas.
"EPA is proud of our continued investments to make a tangible difference addressing local environmental health concerns in New England communities," said EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash. "The projects stemming from this funding will surely have a positive, lasting impact of protecting human health and the environment. Past recipients have frequently helped achieve public health and environmental improvements, particularly to overburdened or vulnerable communities. Our Healthy Communities grants show how EPA can work closely with local organizations to advance public health protection."
EPA is accepting applications for projects that will benefit one or more New England communities until May 9, 2022. EPA plans to award approximately 15 cooperative agreements. Eligible projects under this program must be located in or directly under one or more of the three "target investment areas" (areas needing to create community resilience; environmental justice areas of potential concern; or sensitive populations), and identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental or public health results in one or more of the seven "target program areas" (capacity building in minority or low-income populations; clean, green, and healthy schools; energy efficiency; healthy indoor environments; healthy outdoor environments; pollution prevention; and/or sustainable materials management.
Full descriptions of the target investment and target program areas can be found in the 2022 Healthy Communities Grant Program Request for Applications.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, public nonprofit institutions or organizations, private nonprofit institutions or organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions or organizations, federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments, K-12 schools or school districts; and non-profit organizations, such as grassroots and community-based organizations. Funding will be considered for a college or university to support a project with substantial community or tribal involvement.
To help answer questions from prospective applicants, the Healthy Communities Grant Program will host two webinars before the proposals are due. The information sessions are being offered April 5 and April 14. These information sessions are optional, but RSVPs are required. A registration form can be found in the Request for Applications.
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