Project Grant SZA60024GR0043

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Namati, Inc. a $400,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) to develop and deliver environmental justice training programs. Namati will establish an Environmental Justice Academy to provide capacity building for community leaders on effectively addressing environmental justice issues in EPA Region 3. It will also enable Academy graduates to conduct "EJ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,987,385 Project Grant under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) to the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. This funding will support a partnership between the Global Center and seven collaborating entities to engage residents of the Eight Northern Pueblos (ENP) in New Mexico around climate and environmental justice issues. The project activities will include hosting over 40...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable CASA, Inc., a non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in impacted communities. Key activities include the Climate Justice Fellowship Program, which will build the capacity of CASA and five local...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Fortune Society, Inc. (doing business as The Fortune Academy) under the EPA's Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815). This 5-year project will provide training to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City in environmental careers with skills needed to conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites. The training program will...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund a workforce development program at the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant. The program aims to build the capacity of communities in Guam to address environmental and climate justice issues. Key activities include training program participants and community members on environmental...

This $100,000 federal Project Grant award, authorized under the National Environmental Education Act and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will support environmental education and career development initiatives for 32 youth ages 14-21 in East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, and North Fair Oaks, California. The project, to be implemented by the non-profit organization Climate Resilient Communities, will provide 16...

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 a $3,000,000 project by The New School's Tishman Environment and Design Center. The project will create an Energy Transition Educational Series with three modules on energy systems, climate policies, energy democracy, and environmental justice-based climate policy. It will also implement an Equitable Energy...

This $133,333 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) to implement a project that will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a dedicated career pathways website for students and guidance...

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC) was awarded a $130,626 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to develop a Junior Young Naturalist program. The program will provide environmental education to middle school students through Propel Schools' summer camps for five weeks and a one-week intensive program for 12 youth ages 13-15. It will also provide $5,000 subawards to five organizations to support...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306). The grant will fund LAMC's efforts to conduct robust community engagement, provide technical assistance, and deliver disaster risk reduction training and capacity building to environmental justice communities in the Southeast region. Key...