Cooperative Agreement NR203A750001C003

This $1,000,000 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 County of Hudson, Division of Planning in New Jersey to address environmental justice issues including water quality, pollution, and climate resiliency. The key activities include: 1) a comprehensive public education campaign on water quality monitoring, prevention, and remediation, including community...

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 workforce development program at the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant. The program will train program participants and community members on environmental justice and climate change issues impacting Guam, including legal, policy, communications, and...

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...

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...

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...

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 Housing Trust Fund Corp. The agreement provides funding for climate resiliency and adaptation planning, community engagement, project scoping and design, and development in two environmental justice communities on Brooklyn's industrial waterfront - the Sunset Park and Red Hook neighborhoods. The Housing Trust...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $264,694 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as the Health Sciences Division. The grant, titled "Bronx Environmental Health Summer Training for Justice (BESTJUSTICE)" program, aims to develop an 8-week summer environmental health science research program for 12 high school students from environmental...

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 support the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship and its partners to engage residents of the Eight Northern Pueblos (ENP) in New Mexico on climate and environmental justice issues. The $2,987,385 award will fund activities including over 40 climate justice and community engagement workshops directly engaging...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA Program 66.309 "Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training and Special Purpose Activities Relating to Environmental Justice," will fund the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to serve as the intermediary sponsor for the Clean Environment Corps (CEC) VISTA program. Specifically, RTI will receive $7,000,000 to: 1) recruit, manage, and place up to 260 CEC VISTA members with 11 regional...

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 $3,073,914 to Earth Island Institute Inc. to implement data-driven programs for environmental sustainability and community well-being in Waianae, Hawaii. The project will create an environmental advisory council, train residents to conduct environmental monitoring, and establish workshops to share knowledge between...