OpportunityTitle: 2018 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: See Section III of solicitation for eligibility information.
Description: The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England&#8217;s main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to support EPA&#8217;s &#8220;Back-to- Basics&#8221; agenda 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:&#61623; *Target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas needing to create community resilience, environmental justice areas of potential concern, sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, urban and rural residents, and others at increased risk)].&#61623; *Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.&#61623; *Increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects.&#61623; *Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems.&#61623; *Advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience.&#61623; *Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Marrese.Katie@epa.gov
GrantorContactText: Katie Marrese EPA New England  &lt;br/&gt;5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OEP06-2) &lt;br/&gt;Boston, MA 02109-3912 &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 617-918-1658 &lt;br/&gt;Fax: 617-918-0658 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: See Section IV of closed date solicitation.