Environmental Justice Government to Government Program

Dept/Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Contact

Morgan Capilla- Capilla.morgan@epa.gov

Grant Amount

-

Grant Terms

70 grants up to $1 million per grant; all applicants must be in partnership as collaborating entities (ex: State/Tribe/local government or US Territories in partnership with Community Based Non Profit Organization)

Eligible Entities

Non-Profit/Community Based Organization, Collaborative/Coalition, Local Public Agency, Tribe, State Public Agency

Eligible Costs

Planning & Assessment eligible, Clean up & Remediation eligible, Community Engagement & Outreach eligible, Capital Construction eligible, Workforce development eligible, Land Acquisition eligible, No match required

More Info

This program was originally developed in 1998 to assist States and tribal governments in the development of environmental justice considerations and approaches in their environmental programs. The program was later relaunched in 2009 as the State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program.

The Program has 4 main goals:

• Achieve measurable and meaningful environmental and/or public health results in communities;
• Build broad and robust, results-oriented partnerships, particularly with community-based nonprofit organizations with disproportionately impacted areas;
• Pilot activities in specific communities that create models, which can be expanded or replicated in other geographic areas; and
• Strengthen the development and implementation of specific approaches to achieve environmental justice.

Information last updated: September 23, 2024

Resources

• Frequently Asked Questions for the FY2023 EJG2G opportunity (pdf)
• Review previous project descriptions by state or review project descriptions by year.
• Review prior year requests for applications (RFAs).
• Fact Sheet on the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program (pdf)
• Informational Video on the Environmental and Climate Justice Communities Grants Program
• Environmental Justice Program Funded Projects (2014 to 2020).

Important Dates

FY 2023 Applications Open: January 26, 2023
FY 2023 Applications Due: April 14, 2023
FY 2023 Awardees Announced: October 24, 2023
FY 2024 Cycle: TBD