Cooperative Agreement DELM0000434

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Namati, Inc. a $400,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) to develop and deliver environmental justice training programs. Namati will establish an Environmental Justice Academy to provide capacity building for community leaders on effectively addressing environmental justice issues in EPA Region 3. It will also enable Academy graduates to conduct "EJ...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will fund a $3,000,000 project by The New School's Tishman Environment and Design Center. The project will create an Energy Transition Educational Series with three modules on energy systems, climate policies, energy democracy, and environmental justice-based climate policy. It will also implement an Equitable Energy...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Center For Whole Communities, Inc. under the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (EJSG, CFDA 66.604) to establish the Vermont Environmental Justice Network. The Network will increase transparency and meaningful public engagement on environmental justice issues in Vermont by forging connections among overburdened communities, community leaders, and state/local decision-makers. Funding will support...

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 grant will fund 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 the Southeast region. Key...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a workforce development program at the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant. The program aims to build the capacity of communities in Guam to address environmental and climate justice issues. Key activities include training program participants and community members on environmental...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $499,878 Environmental Justice Small Grant to Collaborative Effort Inc., doing business as Readiness Acceleration & Innovation Network, to develop and deliver a water systems workforce development program. The program will provide career training, curriculum development, and education related to environmental justice and safe drinking water operation in Pierce County, Washington from January 2022 to December 2022. Specifically, the...

This $944,618 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) provides funding to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to strengthen community connections and build understanding of environmental justice concerns in the Upper Narragansett Bay watershed. Key activities include training a cohort of staff from community-based...

This $1,875,142 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance in developing and implementing the "Affecting Communities Through Educator Voices" program. The program aims to train and upskill teachers with advocacy and environmental justice tools, empowering them to address environmental and climate issues in their...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,987,385 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. This funding will support a partnership between the Global Center and seven collaborating entities to engage residents of the Eight Northern Pueblos (ENP) in New Mexico around climate and environmental justice issues. The project activities will include hosting over 40...

This $500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), will fund Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Inc. (YMPJ) to lead a community-driven Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of redevelopment scenarios for brownfield sites along the Bronx River waterfront in New York. The HIA will engage local residents and stakeholders to comprehensively assess the...