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 $1,200,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) provides funding to the nonprofit organization Special Service for Groups, Inc. (SSG) to train and empower youth in climate change, environmental advocacy, leadership development, and civic engagement. The project aims to enable youth to play a meaningful role in local government decision-making. Key activities...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA 66.616 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program provides $20,000,000 in funding to the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD), a non-profit organization in South Los Angeles.
The grant supports two strategic initiatives: a Climate Action Strategy and a Pollution Reduction Strategy. Under the Climate Action Strategy, CRCD will provide workforce training to 460...
This $20,452,614 federal 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 comprehensive set of climate action initiatives in California's San Gabriel Valley. The primary awardee, the non-profit organization Day One, will implement a range of green infrastructure, clean water, transportation, energy efficiency, and pollution management projects in collaboration with...
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 $3,103,648 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will support a three-year project implemented by MDC Inc., a non-profit organization. The project aims to enhance the ability, skills, and connections of Latine communities in Duplin and surrounding counties to participate in government decision-making processes related to climate change and environmental justice. Key...
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...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,058,750 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. This 3-year grant project aims to engage disadvantaged unincorporated communities (DUCs) in California's San Joaquin Valley in local and regional decision-making processes related to climate resilience planning and implementation.
The project will build the capacity of...
This $8,000,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (CFDA 66.615). The funding will enable Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc., a non-profit organization, to establish participatory governance through a community advisory panel, conduct outreach to understand geographic needs, and develop a Thriving Communities subgrant program. SEE will implement a subgrants...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided a $19,999,999 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the San Diego Foundation. This funding supports a holistic community project in San Diego, California to implement green infrastructure, transportation options, energy-efficient housing, and workforce development initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
Key project components include installing...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a 3-year project led by Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc. to strengthen relationships between local government agencies, labor unions, and disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles, with the goal of increasing resident participation and effectiveness in government decarbonization efforts targeting multi-family housing and school facilities.
Key activities include conducting door-to-door canvassing, hosting community meetings, performing assessments, training new community leaders, establishing government-community liaisons, and supporting the passage of new decarbonization policies. The project also aims to develop recruitment pathways and training programs to connect LAUSD participants to existing occupational training programs and the LADWP Green Training Program. Deliverables include biannual decarbonization insight reports, decision-maker briefings, and issue-specific focus groups to identify implementable solutions for targeted decarbonization challenges.