2011 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Assistance Listings
- 66.110 -- Healthy Communities Grant Program
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The Healthy Communities Grant Program is seeking projects that:
Target resources to benefit communities at risk (environmental justice areas of potential concern, places with high risk from toxic air pollution, urban areas) and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, others at increased risk).
Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks.
Increase collaboration through community-based projects.
Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environment and human health problems.
Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits....
Proposed projects must: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the four Target Investment Areas which include: Environmental Justice Areas of Potential Concern, Sensitive Populations, Narragansett Bay Watershed (RI & MA), and/or Urban Areas in one or more of the EPA Region I States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and/or Vermont; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the six Target Program Areas which include Asthma, Capacity Building on Environmental and Public Health Issues, Healthy Indoor/Outdoor Environments, Healthy Schools, Narragansett Bay Watershed-Based Water Quality Management, and/or Urban Natural Resources.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Grantor contact information
Description
Jennifer Padula Phone: 617-918-1698
Padula.Jennifer@epa.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Archived: June 1, 2011
Award
$300,000
Program Funding
20
Expected awards
$5,000
Award Minimum
$40,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
EPA-R1-HC-2011
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Environment
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
March 23, 2011
Archive date:
June 1, 2011
