Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children’s Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated with Lead: Request for Proposals 2009

Post Date

March 18th 2009

Application Due Date

April 30th 2009

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-HQ-OPPT-09-03

CFDA Number(s)

66.715

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $500000

• Award Range:

  $125000 - $200000

Grant Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals from Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support Tribal educational outreach and to conduct a baseline assessment of Tribal children's existing and potential exposure to leadbased paint and related lead-based paint hazards. Activities eligible for funding include leadbased paint educational outreach, lead-based paint baseline assessment (blood-lead screening, development of new and innovative approaches to identifying or reducing lead poisoning, leadbased paint inspections, lead-based paint risk assessments, lead-based paint training, and compiling and summarizing data), developing partnerships, and travel.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Darlene Watford, (202) 566-0516.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Darlene Watford

• Agency Email Address:

  watford.darlene@epa.gov

• More Information:

  Tribal Educational Outreach on Lead Poisoning and Baseline Assessment of Tribal Children’s Existing and Potential Exposure and Risks Associated with Lead: Request for Proposals 2009