The Biden-Harris administration announced approximately $2 billion in funding available to support community-driven projects that deploy clean energy, strengthen climate resilience, and build capacity for communities to tackle environmental and climate justice challenges. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s or EPA’s community change grants are the largest investment in environmental justice going directly to communities in history, and will advance collaborative efforts to achieve a healthier, safer, and more prosperous future. These funds, part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, are made possible by the President’s Inflation Reduction Act.
The community change grants deliver on President Biden’s commitment to advance equity and justice, including his Justice40 Initiative. The grants will deliver 100% of the benefits of this program to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. This program also dedicates $200 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding to provide technical assistance to applicants and grant recipients, which will enhance the ability of disadvantaged communities to access resources for environmental and climate justice activities.
The activities to be performed under the grants are expected to fall under the following categories:
The Community Change Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), administered through the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), has several unique characteristics to advance environmental and climate justice, many of which are responsive to feedback and input the agency has heard from communities.
Read the Community Change Grants NOFO and EPA’s Community Change Grants Technical Assistance webpage.
Time: OEJECR will also host multiple informational webinars while the NOFO is open, with the first being held on Dec. 7
Details: EPA’s Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program webpage.
Venue: Online
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