2011 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM

The summary for the 2011 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	2011 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM
	CFDA Number:	66.110
	CFDA Description:	Healthy Communities Grant Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Environmental Protection Agency
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	EPA-R1-HC-2011
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 23, 2011
	Creation Date:	Mar 23, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 02, 2011 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 02, 2011 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Archive Date:	Jun 01, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	20
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	300,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	40,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	5,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Grant 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.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://epa.gov/region1/eco/uep/pdfs/2011-hc-application-guidance.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Jennifer Padula
Phone: 617-918-1698
Padula.Jennifer@epa.gov [Padula.Jennifer@epa.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • 2010 Healthy Communities Grant Program Synopsis; • 2009 Healthy Communities Grant Program; • 2008 Healthy Communities Grant Program Synopsis; • 2007 Healthy Communities Grant Program Synopsis; • Healthy Communities Grant Program