Project Grant AID386F1600007

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Institute (WASH Institute) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. The three-year award, issued on September 6, 2022 and concluding on September 5, 2025, will support WASH Institute's efforts to develop and scale their Mobile Treatment Unit (MTU) technology in India. As the grant description indicates, the funding will...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will receive $714,960 under a Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the establishment of the first humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Masters program in the Middle East region. The program aims to reinforce local capacities in Jordan and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa to respond to humanitarian WASH needs in a timely and sustainable manner. It will run from February 15,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $421,000 Project Grant to The Water Council, Inc. under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "Water Sector Mentoring and Employment for High School Students and Clubs (WSMAE)", aims to improve literacy...

This $742,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) supports the State of Indiana's efforts to improve water quality across the state. Key activities include: Developing nine-element watershed management plans for impaired watersheds, including the Iroquois River, School Branch, and Beanblossom Creek, as well as monitoring water quality in those watersheds. The award will also fund updates to...

This $386,729 Environmental Protection Agency Formula Grant funds the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's statewide water quality management planning program through June 2025. The program aims to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across Indiana through increased public awareness and regional watershed planning. Per the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454), 40% of funding will support the Twin Creek-Lick Branch Watershed Management Plan...

This federal Project Grant award of $2,400,000 from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will enable Field Ready Inc., a non-profit humanitarian organization, to continue and expand its disaster risk reduction activities in the Pacific region over a 2-year period from December 2023 to December 2025. Through this funding, Field Ready Inc. will leverage its expertise in rapid manufacturing and...

This $423,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant funds the Indiana Finance Authority's voluntary lead testing program in approximately 200 schools and child care facilities across Indiana through December 2023. As the designated state agency, the Authority will implement the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program by testing drinking water samples for lead at local educational agencies and child care centers through their established Lead Sampling...

This $177,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442) provides assistance to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) to implement drinking water program activities. The key products and services delivered through this funding include: Developing a public outreach and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water awarded a $15,400,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants - Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (CFDA 66.424) program to Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated. Through this funding, the organization will provide technical, managerial, and financial capacity-building training and technical assistance to operators, board members, and managers of tribal and...

The Sausalito Marin City School District received a $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The funding will support the design, permitting, and construction of a 600-foot daylighted, vegetated perennial creek channel, as well as the installation of green infrastructure stormwater management features on the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's Nevada Campus. The project also...