[Watersheds] EPA 2022 Healthy Communities Grant Program Announcement

[Panciera, Ernie (DEM)]

From: Degler, Zachary <Degler.Zachary at epa.gov<mailto:Degler.Zachary at epa.gov>>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 11:08 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] : 2022 Healthy Communities Grant Program Announcement

Good morning,


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 15 cooperative agreements. The deadline to submit an application is Monday, May 9, 11:59PM.

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.

*           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 seven "target program areas."



In 2022, "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) Capacity Building in Minority or Low- Income Populations; 2) Clean, Green, and Healthy Schools; 3) Energy Efficiency; 4) Healthy Indoor Environments; 5) Healthy Outdoor Environments; 6) Pollution Prevention; and 7) Sustainable Materials Management. A description of these target areas can be found in the 2022 Request for Applications.



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 $30,000 (or up to $40,000 for projects qualifying under the Pollution Prevention or Sustainable Materials Management Target Program Areas).



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 April 5 and 14. These information sessions are optional, but RSVP's are required.  A registration form can be found in the Request for Application.



For more information and/or to apply, please visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338641__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!byz3Q7xbfCO9aEEU1SWhY_v3PUaDG3X8mlQtobWLbYNuJ6SrzALwSTF6Kxdldy7zZOLTXqCY$ [grants[.]gov] [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!byz3Q7xbfCO9aEEU1SWhY_v3PUaDG3X8mlQtobWLbYNuJ6SrzALwSTF6Kxdldy7zZOdH_kCb$ [gcc02[.]safelinks[.]protection[.]outlook[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.grants.gov*2Fweb*2Fgrants*2Fview-opportunity.html*3FoppId*3D338641&data=04*7C01*7CKing.Kayla*40epa.gov*7Ce88259fde7554081c66408da0686e315*7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7*7C0*7C0*7C637829473641309250*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=5AzeNBk2RtxYF4CEcRf*2BWLevPQpsRu8QzwACHEeFSQw*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KKphUJtCzQ!b3jw8WF3zijSy1BfavVzh3_BZXy5nUA4EqkRSRHuNk-7oAB3BR5BVN2w6LvsC-GMHtM$>.



Respectfully,
Zac Degler
617-918-1630

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