Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R1 HC 2021
The 2021 Healthy Communities Grant Program is a competitive funding opportunity run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the New England region. Its purpose is to support practical, community-focused projects that line up with EPA's broader mission: reducing environmental risks, protecting and improving human health, and improving overall quality of life. The program is designed for on-the-ground efforts that directly help communities understand and address environmental conditions that affect health, especially where needs are most urgent.
A central priority of the program is directing resources toward communities that are considered at risk or underserved. This includes places working to strengthen community resilience, areas with environmental justice concerns, and populations that may be more vulnerable to environmental harm. The announcement specifically points to sensitive groups such as children, older adults, tribal communities, and both urban and rural residents who may face higher exposure or fewer resources to respond. In practice, this means the program is intended to fund projects where the benefits are clear, local, and focused on people and places that experience disproportionate environmental burdens.
The kinds of projects the program seeks to support generally fall into several connected goals. One goal is helping communities assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks, which can include collecting information, identifying problems, and implementing actions that lower exposure or improve conditions. Another goal is strengthening collaboration by encouraging partnerships and community-based work, recognizing that local governments, nonprofits, community groups, and technical partners often need to work together to solve environmental health issues. The program also emphasizes building long-term capacity, meaning it favors projects that leave a community better equipped to recognize environmental challenges, interpret information, and take action after the grant ends. In addition, the grant program highlights emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience, reflecting an interest in helping communities prepare for and withstand environmental shocks while also improving the resilience of local natural systems. Across all project types, EPA stresses measurable environmental and human health benefits, so applicants are expected to show concrete outcomes rather than only general awareness-raising.
From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, indicating a level of involvement or collaboration between EPA and the recipient beyond a simple pass-through grant. The funding activity category is environment, and the program is associated with CFDA number 66.110. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $30,000, and EPA expected to make about 10 awards under this announcement. The funding opportunity number is EPA-R1-HC-2021, and the opportunity was created on March 19, 2021, with an original closing date of May 20, 2021. Eligibility is not limited to a single applicant type in the basic listing and is described as "Others," with applicants directed to the announcement (particularly the additional eligibility information section) for clarification on who can apply and what submission requirements apply.
Overall, the program is best understood as small, targeted seed funding meant to help New England communities take tangible steps to reduce environmental health risks, strengthen local partnerships, improve preparedness and resilience, and produce results that can be demonstrated and tracked.Apply for EPA R1 HC 2021
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2021 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.110.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 19, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 20, 2021 Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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