This EPA Region 4 Project Grant award, funded through the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), provides $19,996,791 to Young, Gifted and Green to undertake community transformation initiatives focused on environmental justice in Memphis, Tennessee. The key products and services to be delivered include:
Establishing the Mid-South Environmental Justice Center, conducting door-to-door community outreach, creating a community advisory board,...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), funds the Children and Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, IL. The $223,600 award will enable the grantee to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that increase environmental literacy and promote...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable Ivy Academy, Inc., a non-profit charter school in Tennessee, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy.
The project will establish an Environmental Education Advisory Board, which will include 10 subrecipient organizations that will each receive $2,500...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to The New School's Tishman Environment and Design Center. The grant will fund a 3-year project to create an Energy Transition Educational Series with three modules on climate mitigation policies, energy democracy, and environmental justice-based climate policy. It will also implement an Equitable Energy Governance Consultation...
This $2,596,592 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will empower young adults in the West Anniston, Alabama community. The funding will support three interconnected initiatives over a three-year period from March 2025 to February 2028: 1) Education, training, and workshops focused on environmental topics; 2) Community-driven environmental health assessments; and 3)...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $521,000 was provided by 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. The funding will support the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation in expanding and enhancing air monitoring activities across the state, with a focus on communities with environmental justice concerns.
The key products...
This $133,530 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Earth Force, Inc. to implement an environmental education initiative in EPA Region 8. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors by:
Developing customized educational tools and resources for educators serving diverse communities in Region 8 to promote accessible climate resilience...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $100,000 to CASA, Inc. to implement an environmental education project. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in targeted communities. Key activities include a Climate Justice Fellowship program,...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA #66.306) will fund the development and implementation of curriculum focused on building environmental literacy and developing culturally competent community leaders in the South Bronx.
The primary recipient, We Stay-Nos Quedamos Inc., a non-profit community development corporation, will create and pilot...
This $3,115,632 Project Grant award from 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 effort by El Puente De Williamsburg, Inc. to facilitate community engagement and leadership development in environmental justice initiatives in Brooklyn, New York.
The key activities include: 1) Conducting a Leadership Development Training Program to prepare community members for participation...