Project Grant G11AP20069

The University of Hawaii (UH) Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) was awarded a $650,185 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program to support the American Samoa Basin Study. Through this effort, UH WRRC will develop a detailed, data-driven groundwater model to assess the threat of saltwater intrusion into American Samoa's groundwater aquifers and evaluate future imbalances between water supply and demand. The...

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was awarded a $833,105 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support the completion of final designs, permitting, and construction for several nature-based stormwater capture and treatment, active transportation, and recreational infrastructure projects along the Woonasquatucket...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The award will fund WRWC's environmental and community engagement activities in Providence, Rhode Island as part of the Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) initiative. The key products and services to...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $2,991,317 Formula Grant under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Activities program (CFDA 17.259) to the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training. The purpose of this grant is to provide comprehensive workforce development services to low-income youth aged 14-24 with employment barriers, including tutoring, paid and unpaid work experiences, occupational skills training, leadership...

The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOL-ETA) has awarded the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training a $3.32 million formula grant under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Activities program (CFDA 17.259). This grant will provide funding for the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training to deliver comprehensive youth services that focus on assisting out-of-school youth and in-school youth, with one or more barriers to...

This $131,917 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Rehabilitation Services Client Assistance Program (CFDA 84.161) supports Disability Rights Rhode Island (DRRI) in providing client assistance services. DRRI, the state's designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system, will use the funds to deliver comprehensive legal advocacy, rights protection, benefits counseling, and other support services to...

This $300,000 EPA Region 1 Cooperative Agreement under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129) provides funding to Groundwork Rhode Island to conduct environmental activities in disadvantaged communities in Providence, RI. The agreement will support the establishment of two workforce development programs: the Storm Crew, which trains and employs participants in stormwater management and water quality improvement tasks, and the Canopy...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) was awarded a $223,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454). This grant supports the Rhode Island Water Quality Management Planning Program to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state through comprehensive planning activities. The grant funds three key areas of investment: (A) collection and...

This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) provides funding to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to implement the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP). The key activities include: Establishing a WRMP monitoring site network, 2) Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data, 3) Developing indicators and methods for assessing tidal marsh condition, and 4)...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $1.4 million, 5-year Cooperative Agreement to the Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts (RIACD) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The funding supports RIACD's outreach, education, and technical assistance to private landowners, government agencies, tribes, and other groups on climate-smart conservation practices, particularly related to the Environmental Quality...