Healthy Communities Grant Program

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England’s main competitive grant program to fund work directly with communities to support EPA’s mission to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life. Priorities include: a. Capacity Building in Minority or Low-Income Populations: Projects that organize and convene community capacity building events focused on increasing involvement in understanding or addressing the causes, effects, extent, reduction, prevention and/or elimination of at least one of the following environmental and public health issues: indoor/ambient air quality, asthma, climate resiliency, clean school buses, energy efficiency and/or safe drinking water); train and educate groups of community stakeholders on methods to identify, reduce, prevent or eliminate exposures to pollution in air or drinking water; increase…