Project Grant 97794701
- This $133,333 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) to implement a project that will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a dedicated career pathways website for students and guidance...
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), provides $109,916 to the Missouri River Bird Observatory (MRBO) to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in underserved communities in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. Over the 2-year project period from August 2024 to July 2026, MRBO will partner with local organizations, businesses, schools, and community...
- The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $297,555.18 Project Grant to Cultivate Kansas City, Inc. under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support Cultivate Kansas City's efforts to build urban agriculture community and capacity in Kansas City's urban core from August 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, the organization will work to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other...
- City Parks Foundation received a $165,309 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. The grant funds the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices targeting high school students (freshman and sophomores) across the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The project delivers in-depth afterschool and summer...
- The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC) was awarded a $130,626 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to develop a Junior Young Naturalist program. The program will provide environmental education to middle school students through Propel Schools' summer camps for five weeks and a one-week intensive program for 12 youth ages 13-15. It will also provide $5,000 subawards to five organizations to support...
- The Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), under a $133,333 Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant from the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will provide teacher training workshops on the Eco-Schools USA program curriculum and philosophy. Teachers will then implement the Eco-Schools program with their students, challenging them to evaluate their school's sustainability and design conservation-focused campaigns. Teachers will also participate in additional...
- 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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 awarded the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) a $729,000 Project Grant under the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 66.444) effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2027. This award funds a comprehensive voluntary lead testing and mitigation program targeting Kansas schools and child care facilities, with particular focus on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 awarded the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) a $593,000 Project Grant under the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 66.444) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. KDHE will implement a comprehensive voluntary lead testing and mitigation program targeting schools and child care facilities across Kansas, with priority focus on facilities...
The Kansas City Community Gardens, Inc. (KCCG) was awarded a $115,734 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support KCCG's efforts to design and deliver environmental education practices, methods, and techniques focused on orchard care and management to elementary and secondary students in the Kansas City area from September 1, 2022 through August 30, 2024. Specifically, KCCG will develop teacher activity guides, instructional videos, and training workshops about the environmental benefits of orchards. The organization will also provide subawards to schools for orchard tools and demonstrate their proper use. Students, teachers, and community volunteers will gain hands-on experience maintaining school orchards through tasks such as watering, mulching, pruning and more. The program aims to increase participants' environmental knowledge and understanding of how orchards impact climate change, air and water quality over the long term.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $86.8k | 8/16/22 |