This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to support E3 solutions INC

To address environmental and public health issues by engaging the community, government partners, and local businesses to develop plans and make progress toward creating healthy homes. The goal is to reduce exposure to toxic pollutants in homes through continued collaborative action at the local level. The project will deliver a curriculum in citizen science education, which will train people in selma, dallas county, and wilcox county to become environmental citizen scientists with a focus on improving healthy homes. Describe the activities to be performed: there are 6 (six) key tasks needed to complete this project which includes: programmatic support, outreach and community engagement, training and capacity building, home inspections, remediation and prevention, and monitoring and evaluation. Describe anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes, and intended beneficiaries: the anticipated deliverables include: conduct community outreach, train citizens in environmental health assessment techniques, conduct home inspections, develop and implement action plans, provide resources and guidance on low-cost DIY solutions for remediating hazards, offer workshops on preventative measures and conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation services. The expected outcomes include 100 citizens completing fundamentals of EJ training, 25 high school students completing introductory environmental training, 50 citizens completing citizen home inspectors training, 40 citizens completing lead renovation, repair, and painting class, 250 homes inspected, 12 quarterly meetings, and action plan developed and implemented to address identified hazards. The intended beneficiaries includes; city, state, local government, local partners, community leaders, and local schools in and around selma and nearby black belt counties. Activities:.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:.