This $796,428 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) assistance agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance, including information, training, and expert advice, to address environmental justice concerns and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities in Louisiana. The project will support the EPA's goals to promote pollution prevention (P2) by targeting...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,499,999 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) provides funding to the University of South Alabama (USA) to implement initiatives focused on improving water quality, habitat restoration, environmental education, and community resilience in the Gulf of Mexico region. The key activities to be performed under this award include developing and administering a competitive subaward...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,499,998 Cooperative Agreement under the Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) to support efforts improving the water quality of the Gulf of Mexico. The primary objectives are to provide clean water to environmental justice communities in South Texas using self-sustained green solutions, while protecting and restoring the Gulf of Mexico watershed by reducing nutrient...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES). The funding will be used to communicate and apply the principles of Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) training through a field practicum. The overall goal is to empower environmental justice (EJ) communities in South Carolina to...
This $1,074,619 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) will fund the Port of New Orleans' Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) Sustainability Management Plan (SMP). The project aims to directly benefit the overburdened community of Violet, Louisiana, and the larger St. Bernard Parish by developing an implementation approach for the Envision sustainable...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the South Central Planning and Development Commission, Inc. under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will be used to recapitalize a revolving loan fund to provide loans and subgrants for assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Lake Charles, Louisiana and 15 surrounding parishes. Specifically, the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The agreement provides funding for LDEQ to acquire, fabricate, install, and certify equipment for a mobile air quality monitoring van. The van will conduct air quality monitoring in underserved communities across Louisiana, as well as after hurricanes and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), is funding the Louisiana Bucket Brigade to execute environmental cleanup and weatherization initiatives in Louisiana's St. James and Ascension Parishes. Specifically, the $500,000 grant will support the cleanup of two non-hazardous, illegal dump sites, as well as the weatherization of 50...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Louisiana Department of Health to improve asthma outcomes in vulnerable Louisiana communities. The key activities include: Conducting 300 virtual home visits with certified asthma educators and 150 in-person home assessments to evaluate indoor air quality and building conditions....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306). The funding supports LAMC's efforts to conduct robust community engagement, provide technical assistance, and deliver disaster risk reduction training and capacity building to environmental justice communities in EPA Region IV. Key activities...