The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is offering funds for special projects to eligible entities to support and expand upon Environmental Health Risk Assessment Program’s (EHRAP’s) efforts to engage with and educate communities on the impact environmental hazards have on public health.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Department of Health
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Through EHRAP, RIDOH aims to investigate the public health implications of hazardous chemicals in the environment, educate affected communities and stakeholders about these implications, and proactively manage risks by exploring innovative solutions. Funded through the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s (ATSDR’s) Cooperative Agreement Program, EHRAP evaluates contaminated sites and analyzes potential links between site contaminants and community health outcomes.
Funding Information
RIDOH will award up to $4,950 to each recipient.
Grant Period
RIDOH suggests a four-month project period but welcomes alternative proposals that will enable organizations to achieve special project opportunity deliverables.
Eligible Projects
Examples of projects eligible for funding include
- Education for community members and residents about contaminated soil at a brownfield to be remediated and turned into a community garden
- Outreach materials and social media posts targeting Cape Verdean home gardeners about the harmful effects of chemicals in urban soil and using raised beds to avoid those risks
- Creating educational materials for private well owners on groundwater contamination from past activities and its impact on human health.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must be affiliated with or a part of a nonprofit, school, community-based agency, coalition, and/or grassroots organization that has a Federal Employer Identification Number or Federal Tax Identification Number. For-profit entities are not eligible.
- RIDOH will fund eligible entities to conduct community outreach and education activities that amplify and complement its federally funded efforts. These efforts may be related to a specific site of concern or more generally related to health-related implications of environmental hazards in Rhode Island. RIDOH may also fund eligible entities’ own site-based investigations.
- Under ATSDR funding, EHRAP does not investigate or evaluate issues arising from activities that are already regulated by EPA or DEM (such as vehicles or permitted industrial pollution) and will not be able to fund projects that address these concerns through this special project opportunity. However, EHRAP is able to investigate and evaluate emergencies and illegal releases occurring during the course of industrial operations.
For more information, visit RIDOH.
