Join the POLB Community Grants Workshop Aug. 20

Is your government agency, 501(c)(3) nonprofit or licensed healthcare provider considering a project or service aimed at reducing the risks associated with asthma and other respiratory and cardiopulmonary ailments? You may qualify for funding from the Port of Long Beach Community Grants Program.

To assist applicants in preparing successful proposals, the port’s community grants team is hosting a virtual workshop Aug. 20. For those who cannot attend, they can find the webinar presentation on the port’s website (https://tinyurl.com/Community-grant)

following the event and may email questions to grants@polb.com. Applications for submitting a concept paper will open in early September.

The award-winning Community Grants Program is a more than $46 million effort to fund projects that help those in the community who are most vulnerable to port-related environmental impacts. These projects are expanding asthma services, controlling stormwater runoff through the building of permeable parking lots, and creating open space buffers between port operations and communities, to name a few. Combined with a previous program started in 2009, the Port of Long Beach has set aside more than $65 million, making it the largest voluntary port mitigation initiative in the country. To date, $50.6 million has been committed.

The upcoming solicitation will be administered using the community health guidelines, related to lowering the risks of asthma and other respiratory and cardiopulmonary ailments. Guidelines for the three areas of the Community Grants Program – Community Health, Community Infrastructure, and Facility Improvements – can be found on the port website at www.polb.com/grants. 

Time: 4 to 5 p.m., Aug. 20

Details: Register, https://tinyurl.com/presolicitation-workshops