This $20,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund the 'Community Leadership Initiatives for Mitigation and Adaptation' (CLIMA) project implemented by Asociacion De Residentes De La Margarita Inc. in Salinas, Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) installing a 700-household community-led solar/battery microgrid and 15 residential...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $3,000,000 in funding to West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (We Act) to ensure that disadvantaged communities' perspectives, priorities, and solutions are represented in New York City's environmental justice planning. The key activities include: assembling a citywide steering committee of community-based organizations;...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides $19,999,999 to Stay Ready Nola, Inc. to build a resilience hub in New Orleans, LA. The project aims to enhance community resilience to climate-related emergencies, provide access to critical resources during and after extreme weather events, and deliver educational initiatives and job training. Key activities include...
This Project Grant award of $20,058,601 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund Commun Denver Inc. to renovate a 40,000 square foot building into a community-designed resilience hub and resource center. The resilience hub will serve communities disproportionately impacted by climate change by providing shelter, essential services, and educational activities during emergencies. Key...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $1,047,647 Project Grant to the Bronx River Alliance, Inc. under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616). The grant will establish a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force composed of 10 community organizations to amplify disadvantaged community voices in climate resilience planning. The project will synthesize existing habitat restoration plans, prioritize climate resilience projects,...
This 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), provides $500,000 in funding to Youth Ministries For Peace And Justice, Inc. (YMPJ), a non-profit organization and community development corporation based in the Bronx, New York. The funding will support YMPJ in leading a formal community-driven Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to investigate the...
This $19,889,515 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund the construction of the first Resiliency Hub in Jackson, Mississippi. The Resiliency Hub will provide shelter, drinking water, electricity, and social support services to disadvantaged communities in times of system failure, while also serving as an institution for everyday community events, services, and education....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,115,632 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to El Puente De Williamsburg, Inc., a non-profit organization in Brooklyn, New York. The project, which runs from January 2025 to May 2025, aims to facilitate the engagement of disadvantaged communities in environmental justice processes and projects. Key activities include: Establishing 1-2 Environmental Advisory Boards (EABs) that represent disadvantaged community...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...
This Project Grant award of $20,000,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will support climate resiliency initiatives by Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, Inc. in Albany, NY. The key activities funded include retrofitting and expanding two community resilience hubs, remediating 25 homes for indoor pollutants, providing energy efficiency upgrades for 33 homes, implementing a workforce...