Project Grant NU61TS000295

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded Libby Public Schools a $465,600 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The funding will support remediation of hazardous building materials including lead-based paint and non-asbestiform asbestos at the former Asa Wood School site in Libby, Montana. By cleaning up contamination at the brownfield property, the cooperative agreement...

This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 provides $105,333 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at public and non-public schools in Louisiana to support asbestos hazard requirements. Specific activities include outreach to schools on asbestos hazards, responding to asbestos complaints, compliance...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded a $1,833,082 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant to the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority on April 15, 2024. The grant supports a comprehensive effort to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned low-income housing within the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lame Deer, Montana. Key activities include lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $125,873 Project Grant under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The funding will support LDEQ's efforts to reduce public exposure to asbestos hazards in Louisiana's public and non-public elementary and secondary schools. Key activities include conducting 67 asbestos management plan (AMP) inspections, investigating...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $112,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This funding supports LDEQ in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to human health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools. Specifically, LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at...

El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center Inc. (El Rio Health) received a $234,482 Project Grant award dated April 1, 2026, from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care, under the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (CFDA 93.257). The grant period extends through August 31, 2027, and supports cancer screening, health education, and medical referral services for populations exposed to uranium mining, uranium ore milling and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Connecticut Department of Public Health received a $109,963 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The grant supports the department's asbestos compliance monitoring program designed to prevent and eliminate unreasonable health and environmental risks in Connecticut communities....

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation under CFDA 66.044 - Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program, will fund the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness. Key activities include: Engaging partners to increase wildfire smoke awareness and create a clean air shelter recognition program in six communities Developing...

Climate Smart Missoula will receive $150,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 under the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604) to address negative health outcomes from wildfire smoke through community outreach and preparedness initiatives from July 2022 to December 2023. The recipient will partner with local organizations including All Nations Health Center to host planning meetings, focus groups, and pop-up events to survey 200 community members and...

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will use $4.6 million in Formula Grant funding from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation (AMLR) program to develop reclamation plans and implement construction activities to address adverse effects of past coal mining practices in Montana. The AMLR program, authorized under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, aims to protect public health, safety, and property from extreme...