Grants News Release (Region 6): EPA Announces $200,000 in Environmental Justice Grants

 

EPA Announces $200,000 in Environmental Justice Grants to Support Communities Directly Affected by BP Oil Spill

 

(Dallas, Texas – August 9, 2010)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting proposals for up to eight $25,000 cooperative agreements to support the protection of human health and the environment in communities affected by the BP oil spill. Local incorporated non-profit community-based organizations—including faith based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions, environmental justice networks, and local Native American tribal governments—located and working in areas within affected states, are eligible to apply.

 

EPA developed the grant program after meeting with local organizations in the Gulf Region and learning that there was a need for technical assistance to support educational outreach to communities affected by the BP oil spill. The grants will provide funding to help develop educational materials on what seafood is safe to eat, what to do if exposed to oil, and how to address and adapt to the spill’s long-term effects. Providing grant funding directly to local organizations will help to ensure that information is distributed through trusted networks of communication and from organizations that will continue to support efforts to rebuild in the wake of disaster.

 

Organizations that are able to provide accurate and current information to a wide geographic area in the affected region are encouraged to apply by September 13, 2010.

 

To read the request for proposals and for information on how to apply:  http://epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/bp-spill-grants.html

 

More about activities in PA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/region6

 

EPA audio file is available at http://www.epa.gov/regon6/6xa/podcast/aug2010.html

 

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For more information contact Dave Bary at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov 

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