2014 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM

Post Date

March 15th 2014

Application Due Date

April 24th 2014

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

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-R1-HC-2014

CFDA Number(s)

66.110

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

10

Eligibility Categories

Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $25000

Grant Description

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New Englandуs main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that:  Target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas at risk from climate change impacts, areas impacted by stormwater run-off, environmental justice areas of potential concern, urban areas and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, and others at increased risk)].  Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.  Increase collaboration through community-based projects.  Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.  Advance emergency preparedness and resilience.  Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits. In order to qualify as eligible projects under the Healthy Communities Grant Program, proposted projects must take place within New England states and must meet several criteria including: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the Target Investment Areas; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the Target Program Areas. Please see Section III for further information on eligibility requirements.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Sandra Brownell
  EPA New England
  5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OEP06-2)
  Boston, MA 02109-3912
  Phone: 617-918-1797
  Fax: 617-918-0797
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Brownell.Sandra@epa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Brownell.Sandra@epa.gov

• More Information:

  2014 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM