Cooperative Agreement U58DP005733

The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will fund the renovation of a 40,000 square foot building in Denver, CO into a community-designed resilience hub and resource center. The $20,058,601 award to Commun Denver Inc. will enable the creation of a public-serving space that provides shelter, essential services, and educational activities related to emergency...

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 support the National Urban League, Inc. in launching a community-centered initiative to enhance climate resilience within Black/African American communities disproportionately affected by climate-related disasters. The key activities under this award include conducting comprehensive needs...

This $474,650 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) supports Exponential Impact's Survive and Thrive (S&T) initiative in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The S&T initiative aims to achieve equitable outcomes for recovering small businesses in El Paso County impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through holistic support services with an emphasis on underrepresented founders. Services include immediate relief for organizations combined with...

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 City and County of Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency to provide home electrification and weatherization retrofits for 15 low-income households in the Globeville, Elyria Swansea, Northeast Park Hill, and Commerce City neighborhoods. A non-profit energy efficiency implementer...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to The People-To-People Health Foundation Inc. (Project Hope) to implement "The Pathways Project: Community Level Innovations for Improving Diabetes Health Outcomes." The project aims to improve health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities by supporting...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,108,070 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), will support a research initiative by Digital Organizing, Power-Building And Engagement Labs (Dope Labs) to develop new community-driven measures and dynamic agent-based models that capture the lived experiences and structural factors impacting Black longevity in the United States. The key...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan or update an existing plan in collaboration with local stakeholders. The key deliverables of this 4-year program include: 1) a Priority Climate Action Plan due March 1, 2024, 2) a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due 2...

This Project Grant award of $1,600,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program supports Abounding Prosperity Incorporated (AP, Inc.), a Dallas-based non-profit organization, to advance equity in health outcomes for Black female identities (including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals) in Dallas County, Texas who are experiencing...

This $482,805.95 four-year Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) will fund community-led support services and connections to healthcare for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino populations in 13 zip codes in the Dallas, Texas area. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: Deploying community health workers to assess...