Project Grant NUE2EH001483

Federal Grant Award Summary Rhode Island Housing received a $7.74 million Project Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900), awarded March 16, 2026, with performance through March 16, 2030. The grant funds comprehensive lead-based paint hazard identification and control activities in privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing in Providence, Rhode Island, with a...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded $263,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) under the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 66.444) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. RIDOH will implement a comprehensive voluntary lead testing and remediation program at local schools and child care facilities throughout Rhode Island by utilizing the EPA's Training, Testing, and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) a $336,000 Project Grant under the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 66.444) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This new award funds a voluntary program to identify and remediate lead in drinking water at Rhode Island schools and child care facilities, with particular focus on low-income communities...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $6,567,260.00 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant to the City of Providence, RI on March 1, 2025. The grant, authorized under CFDA 14.905, aims to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in low-income and minority housing units to protect children under six from lead poisoning. Key activities include inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, abatement, and temporary relocation of residents. The City of...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701), supports the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos. The $105,334 grant enables RIDOH to implement a state program to conduct 40 asbestos inspections at...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $112,000 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This grant supports RIDOH in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos. The key activities under this grant include: Conducting 40 asbestos inspections at...

The Rhode Island Department of Health received a $106,667 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant will support the Rhode Island DOH's asbestos program in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools and other buildings. Specifically,...

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the City of East Providence were awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The 3-year project will enable the re-designation of Crescent Park Beach as a licensed swimmable public beach. The funding will support the construction of ADA-compliant public restrooms, the hiring of lifeguards, and continued water...

Federal Grant Award Summary The State of Rhode Island Department of Health received a $345,000 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants program (CFDA 66.032) for the period June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. This grant funds a comprehensive state radon risk reduction program designed to increase radon testing, mitigation, and radon-resistant new construction activities across Rhode Island. The department will implement...

The City of Woonsocket was awarded a $6,541,489.91 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. The purpose of this Project Grant is to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing, with a focus on protecting children under six years old from lead poisoning in low-income and minority neighborhoods. Key activities to be performed under...