EPA is hosting three informational webinars on the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) expected to be issued under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant Program in 2023. These webinars will provide information on the NOFO and the ECJ Grant Program including who is eligible for the grants, eligible projects, and more. The Agency is seeking public input on the NOFO during the webinars and hopes to hear ideas on potential projects and the types of resources applicants may need. These webinars are intended for potential applicants and other interested parties.
Webinar Details:
Date: August 3, 2023
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm EDT |12:30 – 2:30 pm CDT |11:30 am – 1:30 pm MDT |10:30 am – 12:30 pm PDT |9:30 - 11:30am ADT
Target Audience: Federally recognized tribal governments, Alaskan native villages, tribal community representatives, and tribal and/or indigenous community-based nonprofit organizations.
Register Here: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
Date: August 8, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm SST, American Samoa | 12:00 am EDT August 9th
Target Audience: Potential applicants and other interested parties within the specified U.S. territories.
Register Here: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
Date: August 9, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm GMT+10 Guam and Northern Mariana Islands | 3:00 am EDT
Target Audience: Potential applicants and other interested parties within the specified U.S. territories.
Register Here: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
For questions about these webinars or to request reasonable accommodations for a disability, interpretation, and/or translation services in a language other than English, please email ECJRFI@epa.gov.
For more information on the ECJ program and outreach events please visit: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-environmental-and-climate-justice-program
For more information about EPA’s Environmental Justice Funding and Program Implementation please visit: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-grants-funding-and-technical-assistance.
Background:
The ECJ Grant Program was established by Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 138 as created under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The NOFO will include approximately $2 billion for grants to eligible entities for a wide range of projects that benefit underserved communities including Tribal and Alaskan Native Village areas. Eligible applicants for this grant program include community-based nonprofit organizations (CBOs), local governments or institutions of higher education who partner with CBOs, and Tribes in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization per the IRA statute. The grants cannot exceed three years in duration, and funding must be awarded by September 30, 2026.
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