Cooperative Agreement NU58DP005733

The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509) provides $500,000 to Colorado State University (CSU) to elucidate the policy-making process to mitigate environmental exposures and elevate resident voices in addressing legacy pollutants and ongoing contaminants that result in negative health outcomes in the Commerce City-North Denver neighborhoods. The key activities include: (1) developing models of the...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will fund the renovation of a 40,000 square foot building into a community-designed resilience hub and resource center in Denver, Colorado. The $20,058,601 grant will enable Commun Denver Inc. to upgrade community facilities for emergency operations, implement energy efficiency retrofits, install an advanced HVAC system...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI). The grant, with an award date of September 1, 2024 and ultimate completion date of August 31, 2028, aims to address health disparities and social determinants of health in the metro Atlanta area. The key products and services to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) grant to Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) to provide access, skills, and resources for community members to grow healthy food and regenerate urban green spaces in six targeted West Denver neighborhoods. Through this project, DUG will support the cultivation of over 34 acres of urban land, including establishing at least two new...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), provides $1,000,000 in funding to the City & County of Denver Department of Finance. The funding will be used to provide home electrification and weatherization retrofits for 15 low-income households in the Globeville, Elyria Swansea, Northeast Park Hill, and Commerce City neighborhoods of Denver. An energy efficiency...

This $2,898,008 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) aims to train and develop the next generation of health disparities researchers to perform innovative research on minority health and health inequities in Buffalo, New York. The award will be used to establish a Center of Excellence embedded within the University at Buffalo Community Health Equity Research Institute. The Center...

This $474,650 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) supports Exponential Impact's Survive and Thrive (S&T) initiative in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The S&T initiative aims to achieve equitable outcomes for recovering small businesses in El Paso County impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through holistic support services with an emphasis on underrepresented founders. Services include immediate relief for organizations combined with...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), provides $1,774,458 to the Gamaliel Foundation to develop and pilot Climate Action Hubs in four metropolitan regions. The hubs will serve as community resource centers, offering climate readiness and environmental justice programs and resources to residents in areas that have experienced decades of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan or update an existing plan in collaboration with local stakeholders. The key deliverables of this 4-year program include: 1) a Priority Climate Action Plan due March 1, 2024, 2) a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due 2...