[StBernard] EPA Seeks Applicants for Environmental Justice Green Jobs Development Pilot Projects

Westley Annis Westley at da-parish.com
Wed Apr 20 09:30:51 EDT 2011


EPA Seeks Applicants for Environmental Justice Green Jobs Development Pilot
Projects



(DALLAS - April 19, 2011) To support underserved populations, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 office in Dallas is accepting
applications for a $100,000 grant for projects that promote Green Job
Training and Green Job Placement. An eligible applicant MUST BE: an
incorporated non-profit organization; a Native American tribal government
(Federally recognized); OR Intertribal Consortium or Consortia (AND) located
within the same state, territory, commonwealth, or tribe that the proposed
project will be located. In addition, an eligible applicant must be able to
demonstrate that it has worked directly with the affected community.



An underserved population, for the purposes of this Request for Application,
is a community, including minority, low-income, or indigenous populations or
communities, that is disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and
risks and has a local environmental and public health issue that is
identified in the proposal. Projects must be performed in one of the
following Region 6 states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and/or
Texas.



Environmental justice means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of
all people, regardless of race or income, in the environmental
decision-making process. Environmental justice issues often involve
multiple sources of contamination, like pollution from several industrial
facilities within one neighborhood, environmental hazards at the workplace
or home, or contamination resulting from the consumption of fish or other
subsistence foods.

Applications must be postmarked by May 10, 2011. For more information,
including eligibility requirements, purposes, goals, and general procedures,
please visit
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6dra/oejta/ej/ej_pdfs/green_jobs_rfa.pdf
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6dra/oejta/ej/ej_pdfs/green_jobs_rfa.pdf> .



More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at
http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
<http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html>



EPA audio file is available at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/apr2011.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/apr2011.html>



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