Project Grant 00T10501

This $460,000 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 Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.815) program will provide funding for Pathstone Corporation, a Rochester, NY-based non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Puerto Rico in environmental careers. The core training program will include 80 hours of instruction in hazardous waste operations, emergency response,...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to the Northside Industrial Development Company, doing business as Riverside Center For Innovation, to conduct environmental workforce development activities. The recipient will recruit, train, and place approximately 150 unemployed and underemployed residents of Pittsburgh in environmental careers. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,333 in funding to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, IL to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally-beneficial behaviors in the Calumet region. Key activities include restoring green spaces with climate...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to ST. Nicks Alliance Corp., a non-profit organization and community development corporation, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Brooklyn, New York in environmental careers. The project aims to equip 120 trainees with skills and certifications needed to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $299,000 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to build equitable university-community research collaborations on Chicago's South Side. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2.5-year grant include: Formalizing a partnership between UIC's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department and the Urban Growers...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable CASA, Inc., a non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in impacted communities. Key activities include the Climate Justice Fellowship Program, which will build the capacity of CASA and five local...

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Openlands, a non-profit organization, to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, Illinois. The project will train over 30 educators to integrate outdoor learning and hands-on environmental stewardship activities into their lesson plans, empowering them to become teacher leaders who inspire other educators to adapt...

This cooperative agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815), funds OAI, Inc., a non-profit workforce training organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Chicago's South and West Sides in environmental careers related to the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites. The $342,400 award supports delivering 40-hour Hazardous...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the University of Illinois a $251,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund a project to design and implement environmental education practices to increase environmental literacy and encourage beneficial environmental behaviors in the metropolitan Chicago area. Specifically, the University will prepare future public health professionals and community members to address climate...