Project Grant 00F10601

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $5,044,509 in funding to Health Research, Inc. (HRI) to build capacity for indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) initiatives in K-12 schools across New York State and nationally. The key products and services to be delivered...

This $6,525,894 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) provides funding to the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (CGS-USGBC) to build capacity among school district staff in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities to establish and implement indoor air quality (IAQ) management plans and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions plans. Key activities include hiring five regional coordinators to foster...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $112,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This funding supports LDEQ in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to human health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools. Specifically, LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a $574,573 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other national ambient air quality standard pollutant monitoring in environmental justice communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks associated...

This $7,999,065 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Go Green Initiative (GGI) to partner with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and their state affiliates. The key objectives are to: Conduct capacity building with up to 40 school districts across all 10 EPA...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $479,958 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. The grant will fund the establishment and operation of a temporarily located community air monitoring site in St. James Parish, Louisiana from May 2023 through April 2026. LDEQ will deploy EPA-approved...

This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 provides $105,333 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at public and non-public schools in Louisiana to support asbestos hazard requirements. Specific activities include outreach to schools on asbestos hazards, responding to asbestos complaints, compliance...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $422,246 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will support the setup and operation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) air monitoring site between the McFarland Cascade/Stella-Jones facility in Pineville and the Stella Jones...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) was awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Administrator under the Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks program (CFDA 66.609) effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. Under this award, UMMC will evaluate indoor air quality at three Early Head Start childcare centers in central Mississippi serving children ages six weeks to three years from low-income...

This Project Grant award, totaling $8,000,000 and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides funding to the American Lung Association to plan, implement and evaluate the Clean Air School Challenge (CASC). The CASC aims to raise awareness, educate, build capacity, increase implementation, and recognize the efforts of...