Deadline: 16 February 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking proposals for its Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement to support community-based organizations in their efforts to collaborate and partner with local stakeholder groups (e.g., local businesses and industry, local government, medical providers, and academia) as they develop and implement solutions that address environmental and public health issues for underserved communities.
Elements
- Issue Identification, Visioning, and Strategic Goal-Setting;
- Community Capacity-Building and Leadership Development;
- Development of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Leveraging of Resources;
- Consensus Building and Dispute Resolution;
- Constructive Engagement with Other Stakeholders;
- Sound Management and Implementation; and
- Evaluation
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000
- Award Ceiling: $120,000
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with CFDA 66.306, an eligible applicant must be one of the following:
- incorporated non-profit organizations —including, but not limited to, environmental justice
- networks, faith based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions;
- federally recognized tribal governments—including Alaska Native Villages; OR
- tribal organizations
- Applicant organizations claiming non-profit status must include documentation that shows the organization is either a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service; OR a non-profit organization recognized by the state, territory, commonwealth or tribe in which it is located. For the latter, documentation must be on official state government letterhead.
- Applicants must be located within the same state, territory, commonwealth, or tribe in which the proposed project is located. This means that an applicant’s registered address of record (i.e. the address designated on their IRS or State-sanctioned documentation) must be in the same state, territory, commonwealth or tribe as the location of the proposed project.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.