The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for its Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (Region 1).
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/29/2023
Size of the Grant: $10 million
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Consistent with EPA’s mission and Administration priorities, including those set forth, and using funding available for environmental justice, as well as potential DOE funding to be provided through an interagency agreement, and other potential funding as available and appropriate, EPA is seeking applications from eligible entities as described to establish and operate an Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) for EPA Region 1. There was no award for a dedicated Region 1 EJ TCTAC under the national competition and EPA has determined that for program effectiveness and to successfully serve communities within this geographic area, it is appropriate to open a competition for a Region 1-specific EJ TCTAC.
The Region 1 EJ TCTAC will provide technical assistance, training, and other eligible forms of assistance, resources, and support to program participants throughout EPA Region 1 (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and 10 federally recognized Tribes) including but not limited to:
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Community-based and grassroots organizations.
- Philanthropic and civic organizations.
- Underserved communities and organizations.
- Rural and Remote communities and organizations.
- Faith-based organizations and churches.
- Educational institutions (e.g., schools, colleges, and universities), including Minority Serving Institutions.
- Individuals of underserved communities.
- Disadvantaged Businesses.
- Local, tribal, and state governmental units.
- US Territories.
- Utility providers.
- Health care providers and clinics.
Funding Information
EPA, with potential DOE funding, anticipates providing a total of approximately $10 million in funding for the award under this RFA. EPA expects to make one incrementally funded award with a period of performance of up to five years depending on funding availability, the quality of applications, satisfactory progress, and other applicable considerations.
Energy Justice Activities
Applicants should explain how they will provide the following energy justice technical assistance, training and capacity building activities to program participants, and especially underserved communities and communities in rural and remote areas, and those in proximity to current and former mine land:
- Identifying energy justice objectives that are aligned with a clean energy transition including community opportunities and assets to advance these objectives and transition through clean energy demonstration, deployment, workforce development, and outreach projects, including on current and former mine lands.
- Identifying, understanding, and analyzing financing options, including public private partnerships and innovative financing structures, to pursue clean energy demonstration, deployment, workforce development, and outreach projects that meet energy justice needs.
- Creating effective materials to enable underserved communities to collaborate with the private sector and investors, including venture and angel investors, public and philanthropic organizations, on clean energy demonstration, deployment, workforce development and outreach opportunities that advance energy justice objectives and the clean energy transition.
Eligibility Criteria
The following are the eligible entities who may apply under this RFA:
- Public and private universities and colleges and other nonprofit institutions of higher education such as community colleges.
- Public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations (including philanthropic organizations).
- Intertribal Consortia who meet all of the requirements – a coalition between two or more Indian tribal governments authorized by the governing bodies of those tribes to apply for and receive assistance and participate in self-governance. Entities who received an award of direct cooperative agreement funding from EPA under the national competition are not eligible to submit an application under this RFA.
- Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply. For-profit colleges, universities, trade schools, and hospitals are ineligible. For-profit businesses are also not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
