The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $19,996,791 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act's Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to Young, Gifted and Green. The three-year project will implement a range of climate action and pollution reduction strategies to drive community-level transformation in environmental justice across Memphis, Tennessee.
Key activities include establishing an environmental justice center, conducting community outreach and engagement, creating a workforce training program for green jobs, performing home health assessments and remediations, installing energy-efficient upgrades and green infrastructure, testing local water, and expanding community green spaces. Anticipated outcomes include increased community empowerment, improved environmental health awareness, expanded green job opportunities, and reduced air pollution and indoor asthma triggers. Sub-award activities will support energy-efficiency retrofits, green infrastructure installation, tree planting, and water quality testing in the targeted project area.
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