This Project Grant award of $2,166,564, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will fund the "Climate Safe Great Lakes" project led by Groundwork USA, Inc. The project aims to engage residents in Cincinnati, OH, Milwaukee, WI, and Indianapolis, IN in understanding local environmental challenges, self-organizing around climate adaptation priorities, and directly participating...
This Project Grant award for $3,000,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports the project "Building Democratic Systems for a Climate Resilient Cleveland" led by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and See You At The Top (SYATT). The project aims to increase the participation of historically marginalized Cleveland residents, particularly in underserved communities, in municipal...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded Groundwork Ohio River Valley, Inc. a $156,331 Project Grant under the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604). The grant will fund expansion of the recipient's air quality education, training, and monitoring programs for its Green Team youth workforce and neighborhood residents in Cincinnati, Ohio. Activities include compiling neighborhood- and individual-level air toxin exposure data through citizen-driven monitoring efforts...
This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) will support Resilient Virginia in building leadership capacity within the Ward 2 community of Lynchburg, Virginia to address the increased impacts of climate change, including flooding, extreme heat, and other environmental harms. Key project elements include collecting and updating hazard,...
This $1,047,647 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund the Bronx River Alliance, Inc. to establish a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force. The task force will include 10 community organizations to amplify disadvantaged community voices in climate resilience planning for the Bronx River watershed. Key activities include synthesizing existing habitat restoration...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), provides $500,000 to Bridging The Gap, Inc. (BTG) to implement a Community Resiliency Investment Project in East Kansas City, MO. The key elements include conducting public education, performing energy, environmental health, and household carbon footprint assessments, creating a local Environmental...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) provides $498,008 to the Ecology Action Center (EAC) to implement the Bloomington-Normal Climate Resiliency Community (BNCRC) project. The project will identify and develop mitigation strategies for disproportionate climate impacts within environmental justice areas of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois...
This $499,975 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program, awarded on Jan 1, 2025, will enable the Canal Alliance non-profit organization to lead the Marin Climate Justice Collaborative (Marin CJC) initiative in Marin County, CA. The primary deliverables of this three-year project include developing "Healthy Community Plans" that prioritize climate resilience for...
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 $20,000,000 in funding to the City of New Haven, CT and its partner the Greater Dwight Development Corporation. The award supports the Elm City Collaborative (EC3) project, which will implement 12 initiatives across 4 key strategies to address environmental and climate justice in 14 disadvantaged neighborhoods in New...
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 $19,999,998 initiative in Houston, Texas to address environmental contamination, habitat restoration, and community resilience. The key activities include: 1) utilizing community input and surface water modeling to identify areas at risk of contaminated soil redistribution and non-point source pollution, then...