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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Degler, Zachary <<a href="mailto:Degler.Zachary@epa.gov">Degler.Zachary@epa.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 15, 2022 11:08 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] : 2022 Healthy Communities Grant Program Announcement<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 <b>Monday, May 9, 11:59PM.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Healthy Communities Grant Program will identify and fund projects that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• 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)].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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 $40,000 for projects qualifying
under the Pollution Prevention or Sustainable Materials Management Target Program Areas).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To help answer questions from prospective applicants, the Healthy Communities Grant Program will host two webinars before the proposal package is due. The information sessions are being offered
on April 5 and 14. These information sessions are optional, but RSVP’s are required. A registration form can be found in the Request for Application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information and/or to apply, please visit
<span style="color:#222222;background:white"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.grants.gov*2Fweb*2Fgrants*2Fview-opportunity.html*3FoppId*3D338641&data=04*7C01*7CKing.Kayla*40epa.gov*7Ce88259fde7554081c66408da0686e315*7C88b378b367484867acf976aacbeca6a7*7C0*7C0*7C637829473641309250*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=5AzeNBk2RtxYF4CEcRf*2BWLevPQpsRu8QzwACHEeFSQw*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KKphUJtCzQ!b3jw8WF3zijSy1BfavVzh3_BZXy5nUA4EqkRSRHuNk-7oAB3BR5BVN2w6LvsC-GMHtM$">https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338641
[gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com]</a></span><span style="color:black;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Zac Degler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">617-918-1630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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