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 $19,996,791 initiative led by Young, Gifted and Green in Memphis, Tennessee. The project will implement three climate action strategies and three pollution reduction strategies to drive community-level environmental justice transformation. Key activities include establishing an environmental justice center,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,875,142 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance. The funding will support the "Affecting Communities Through Educator Voices" program, which aims to train and empower educators across Tennessee to address environmental and climate justice issues in their classrooms and communities.
The program consists of three core...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $421,870 to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau to expand and enhance air monitoring activities. The key activities to be performed under this 5-year award include:
Purchasing and deploying 8 additional low-cost air monitoring sensors to...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and its partner See You At The Top (SYATT) in advancing environmental and climate justice in Cleveland, Ohio.
The key activities include: 1) Engaging over 1,000 Cleveland residents, particularly from historically disadvantaged communities, to increase their understanding of how...
This $2,596,592 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a three-year initiative in West Anniston, Alabama to empower young adults and strengthen the local community. The key activities include:
Providing education, training, and workshops to at least 300 individuals;
Conducting community environmental health assessments, with at least 30 participants...
This $14,944,031 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will provide a low-income, minority, overburdened community in Tampa, Florida with infrastructure, strategies, and approaches to reduce pollution, protect against climate change, and shape equitable redevelopment. The University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc. will serve as the lead awardee, implementing...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support brownfield site assessment and cleanup planning activities in South Chattanooga from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026.
Specifically, the City will conduct twelve Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site...
This $16,465,618 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund infrastructure improvements in Pocatello, ID to enhance community health and environmental quality. The key deliverables include:
Installation of sewer lines in un-sewered neighborhoods and expansion of critical sewer infrastructure capacity
Installation of 57 working drinking fountains in area...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $19,076,843.00 from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports a multi-faceted initiative to enhance community resilience and promote environmental justice in North Richmond, California.
The key products and services funded through this award include: energy-efficient home upgrades, expansion of the Wildcat Creek Trail, green infrastructure development,...
The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $2,748,673 Formula Grant under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on June 9, 2022 to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The funding will support development of a pedestrian path and river edge trail at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee. Specifically, the grant will finance construction of a winding cobblestone and exposed aggregate path linking the northern and southern areas of the park. The trail...