This agreement provides assistance under the infrastructure investment and jobs act to southeast michigan council of governments (semcog) who will create the advancing environmental quality of life in…

This agreement provides assistance under the infrastructure investment and jobs act to southeast michigan council of governments (semcog) who will create the advancing environmental quality of life in underserved communities grants program. Activities:activities will include providing technical support, capacity, and guidance to subrecipients for up to 15 green infrastructure projects in underserved local governments and counties in southeast michigan. The program's steering committee will be comprised of experts from existing regional collaborative groups. The coalition partner will be responsible for providing technical support, capacity, and guidance to subrecipients.subrecipient:there will be a subaward to the center for watershed protection who will provide technical support and capacity building for subawardees including grant management assistance. The rest of the subaward budget will be for the competitive subaward grant program for up to 15 local governmental organizations in southeast michigan to implement nonpoint source reduction and habitat restoration projects outcomes:project deliverables include implementation of up to 15 subaward projects achieving nonpoint source pollution reduction, and an interactive web-based story map detailing project outputs and outcomes. Outcomes include an established collaborative network of community representatives to continue to build local capacity for future project opportunities to improve quality of life for beneficiaries in underserved communities in southeast michigan.