STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (SEJCA)

Post Date

February 13th 2009

Application Due Date

April 10th 2009

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

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-OECA-OEJ-09-01

CFDA Number(s)

66.312

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $800000

• Award Range:

  $None - $160000

Grant Description

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits from eligible applicants project proposals to receive financial assistance through the State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement (SEJCA) initiative. The objective of the SEJCA initiative is to provide funding to eligible entities so that they may work collaboratively with an affected community(ies) to understand, promote and integrate approaches to provide meaningful and measurable improvements to the public health and/or environment in the community(ies). The funding will provide the means for the applicant to support efforts to mitigate environmental justice concerns in the affected community(ies)1, which then may be broadened to a more comprehensive approach. Applicants will be expected to work with the affected community(ies) and their representative organizations to achieve meaningful and measurable results during the funding period.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Sheila Lewis, 202-564-0152.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Sheila Lewis

• Agency Email Address:

  lewis.sheila@epa.gov

• More Information:

  STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM (SEJCA)