This agreement provides funding to the academy of sciences of philadelphia (PROVIDER/RECIPIENT) to provide technical assistance and related support to underserved communities in and around…

This $499,999 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Finance Center (CFDA 66.203) Grant Program, provides funding to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (doing business as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research) to deliver technical assistance and capacity building services to underserved communities in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and along the Delaware Route 9 corridor.

The key activities under this 3-year agreement include conducting community engagement, delivering workshops on data collection, management, and reporting, providing tailored training to improve the data fluency and evaluation capacity of organizations in the target communities, and offering one-on-one technical assistance focused on data-related activities. The expected outcomes include increased participation by the underserved communities in federal grant programs, improved data reporting and dissemination, greater compliance with EPA grant reporting requirements, and enhanced data fluency and capacity within these historically underserved populations.

This agreement provides funding to the academy of sciences of philadelphia (PROVIDER/RECIPIENT) to provide technical assistance and related support to underserved communities in and around philadelphia, pennsylvania and along the delaware route 9 corridor. The PROVIDER will deliver data fluency related training, education, and technical assistance to help underserved communities develop data fluency, evaluation capability, and reporting capacity within their organizations. These capacity building activities will improve the underserved communities' application quality to EPA grants and state revolving funds (SRF), particularly for application sections related to data collection, management, and reporting plans. Additionally, this cooperative agreement provides training to improve the post award reporting accuracy for communities' who have received an EPA grant or SRF but may lack the necessary data related fluency or evaluation capacity to fulfill the reporting and evaluation requirements. This increased performance relating to data fluency and reporting will enable underserved communities to better communicate how awarded EPA grants improved the outcomes related to environmental health.activities:the activities include community engagement, workshops on collecting data/using data/reporting data/data evaluation, training tailored to the data capacity needs of organizations in the underserved communities, and 1 on 1 technical assistance focused on data collection and dissemination.subrecipient:the anticipated subrecipient deliverables include assisting in the development of workshops, providing subject matter expertise during the 14 planned workshops/community engagement sessions, the development of evaluation-focused tools to ensure CBO participants have access to quality evaluation instruments and lessons, the development of a pilot program to demonstrate utility of evaluation-focused trainings/workshops implemented, and a summative report on program evaluation for measuring success of the overall program. The expected outcomes include increased buy in and participation with federal grants, improved data reporting and dissemination among beneficiaries, increased compliance with EPA's reporting requirements for beneficiaries, and increased data fluency/capacity in historically underserved communities. The intended beneficiaries include underserved communities in and around philadelphia, PA, and along the delaware route 9 corridor.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include the development of an advisory council to support the project, at least 6 community engagement and capacity assessment meetings with underserved communities, at least 8 workshops on building logic models, survey design, qualitative protocol development, and program evaluation, and numerous 1:1 consultations with underserved communities to improve data reporting and evaluation capacity. The expected outcomes include increased buy in and participation with federal grants, improved data reporting and dissemination among beneficiaries, increased beneficiary compliance with EPA's reporting requirements for beneficiaries, and increased data fluency/capacity in historically underserved communities. The intended beneficiaries include underserved communities in and around philadelphia, PA, and along the delaware route 9 corridor.