[Watersheds] 2020 New England Healthy Communities Grant Request for Applications

[Panciera, Ernie (DEM)]

EPA New England 2020 Healthy Communities Grant Request for Applications





EPA is making grant money available for New England communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life.

EPA New England's Healthy Communities Grant Program is currently accepting applications for projects that will benefit one or more New England communities. EPA plans to award a total of approximately 10 cooperative agreements.

Eligible applicants include state and local governments, public nonprofit institutions or organizations, private nonprofit institutions or organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions or organizations, federally recognized tribal governments, K-12 schools or school districts; and non-profit organizations (e.g. grassroots and/or community-based organizations).  Applicants can request up to $35,000 with a 5% local match requirement.
The Healthy Communities Grant Program will identify and fund projects that:

*           Target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas needing to create community resilience, environmental justice areas of potential concern, and/or sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, urban and rural residents, and others at increased risk)].

*           Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.

*           Increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects.

*           Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.

*           Advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience.

*           Reduce pollution at the source.

*           Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits.

Eligible projects under this program must be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the "target investment areas" and identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the six "target program areas."

In 2020, "target investment areas" include: 1) Areas Needing to Create Community Resilience; 2) Environmental Justice Areas of Potential Concern, and/or Sensitive Populations.

"Target Program Areas" include: 1) Clean, Green, and Healthy Schools; 2) Community and Water Infrastructure Resilience; 3) Energy Efficiency, 4) Healthy Indoor Environments; 5) Healthy Outdoor Environments, and/or 6) Pollution Prevention. A description of these target areas can be found in the 2020 Request for Applications.

To help answer questions from prospective applicants, the Healthy Communities Grant Program will host two webinars before the proposal package is due.  The information sessions are being offered on May 12 and 21, 2020. These information sessions are optional, but RSVP's are required.  A registration form can be found in the Request for Applications.

More information:
- How to apply for a 2020 New England Healthy Community Grant:  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www3.epa.gov_region1_eco_uep_grants-5F2020hc.html&d=DwIFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=0ZE8Md8mc6KIuXY7jA7Bs1mi97X5thHiQpSjGWvYWsc&s=02Z0C4XTpqHVEepIZLWgvkFApFPy3THMo3TekeDtDVI&e=  [epa.gov]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www3.epa.gov_region1_eco_uep_grants-5F2020hc.html&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=hMgWeIiqaW7epFfvoQNp5OWsMIE9cvEypzcIrYZEQ3Y&m=xG__Bd1mwj2PCVRV7oFgUWz7zU88tiNGRm40RbOZLMU&s=z29Kw4coZmj6fPotZ_U0abZtuAXLCb1GwI9aSurpv-A&e=>
- Additional background on EPA's New England Healthy Community Grants: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.epa.gov_region1_eco_uep_hcgp.html&d=DwIFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=0ZE8Md8mc6KIuXY7jA7Bs1mi97X5thHiQpSjGWvYWsc&s=wP44oBq0sCsiyRBWd8KEN4sPtXxDrTHjriLMz2Llqbg&e=  [epa.gov]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.epa.gov_region1_eco_uep_hcgp.html&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=hMgWeIiqaW7epFfvoQNp5OWsMIE9cvEypzcIrYZEQ3Y&m=xG__Bd1mwj2PCVRV7oFgUWz7zU88tiNGRm40RbOZLMU&s=NcwT8BJNr16JGJRobtdSQnJ4T1239iOielVMDcWOxUE&e=>



If you have any questions please let me know.

Thanks,

Katie


Katie Marrese
Regional Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Coordinator
Environmental Engineer
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP-06-2
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 918-1658

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