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

[Westley Annis]

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
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