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EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OECA-OEJ-08-01 Closing Date for

Applications: Jun 30, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) established the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG) in fiscal year (FY) 1994. The purpose of this grant program is to support and empower communities that are working on local solutions to local environmental and/or public health issues. The EJSG Program is designed to assist recipients in building collaborative partnerships that will help them understand and address the environmental and/or public health issues in their communities. Successful collaborative partnerships with other stakeholders involve well-designed strategic plans to build, maintain and sustain the partnerships, and to work towards addressing the local environmental and/or public health issues.

Details at

www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html