This $18,898,518 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Inflation Reduction Act's Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a multi-year climate resiliency project in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The key activities include developing community resilience hubs, conducting home energy audits and weatherization upgrades, delivering disaster preparedness training, and enhancing air quality monitoring. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve climate resilience, and address air pollution in disadvantaged communities within the target area. Kalamazoo County Board-Comms, the local government awardee, will implement these activities through sub-awards to community-based organizations. The expected outcomes include lowered electricity consumption, increased access to resilience resources, greater community awareness of emergency preparedness and climate change impacts, and improved public and environmental health literacy.
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