Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $100 Million for Environmental Justice Grants

WASHINGTON On Jan. 10, the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency or EPA announced the availability of about $100 million for projects that advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the country. This funding, made possible through President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, marks the largest amount of environmental justice grant funding ever offered by the Agency. EPA has published two Requests for Applications for this funding through the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program and the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program.

These grant programs further the goals of President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative and Executive Order, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which directed that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to overburdened communities that face disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts.

Under both EJCPS and EJG2G programs, EPA will be giving special consideration to the following focus areas:

• Projects addressing climate change, disaster resiliency, and/or emergency preparedness
• Projects located in and/or benefitting rural areas
• Projects conducting Health Impact Assessments (HIA)

Applicants interested must submit proposal packages on or before April 10, 2023, to be considered for the available funding. Applicants should plan for projects to begin on Oct. 1.

Pre-application Assistance Webinars

EPA will host pre-application assistance webinars to answer prospective applicant questions about the Environmental Justice grant process.

To attend the first webinar on Jan. 24, focused on EJCPS, register here.

To attend the second webinar on Jan. 26, focused on EJG2G, register here.

Learn more information about environmental justice grant funding.

Learn more information about the Inflation Reduction Act.

For further information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)