Environmental Justice Grants and Cooperative Agreements
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Community
- The
Environmental
Justice Small Grants Program provides financial assistance to
eligible organizations to build collaborative partnerships, to
identify the local environmental and/or public health issues, and
to envision solutions and empower the community through education,
training, and outreach.
- The
Environmental
Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement
Program provides financial assistance to eligible organizations
working on or planning to work on projects to address local
environmental and/or public health issues in their communities,
using EPA's "Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving
Model."
- The
Environmental
Justice Cooperative Agreements in Support of Communities Directly
Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of
Mexico will provide funding to local non-profit community-based
organizations-including faith-based organizations, environmental
justice networks, and local Native American tribal governments in
Regions 4 or 6-to assist local communities facing environmental
justice challenges and help develop educational materials and
strategies on how to address and adapt to the spill's long-term
effects.
- The
Environmental
Justice Small Grants Program provides financial assistance to
eligible organizations to build collaborative partnerships, to
identify the local environmental and/or public health issues, and
to envision solutions and empower the community through education,
training, and outreach.
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State
- The State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreements Program provides funding so that eligible entities may work collaboratively with affected communities to understand, promote and integrate approaches to provide meaningful and measurable improvements to the public health and/or environment in the communities.
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Regional
- The Environmental Justice Showcase Communities Project provides EPA Regional office funding to bring together governmental and non-governmental organizations to pool their collective resources and expertise on the best ways to achieve real results in communities. The successes and lessons learned in these demonstration projects will be used to help guide the design and implementation of future Environmental Justice projects and will help EPA increase its ability to address local environmental challenges in more effective, efficient, and sustainable ways.
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National
- EPA's National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program issues competitive grants through EPA Regional Offices to fund implementation of diesel emission reduction technologies on school buses, vessels and equipment used in ports, construction and agriculture among others. Eligible entities include units of government including federally recognized tribes and nonprofit organizations whose principle purpose is promotion of transportation or air quality. Community groups can also partner with eligible applicants to apply for grants.
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