(AGENPARL) – gio 25 luglio 2024 Issued: Jul 25, 2024 (11:05am EDT)
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants
EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act
program – the largest single environmental justice investment in history –
delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
PHILADELPHIA— Today, July 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced $13.9 million in funding coming to Pennsylvania to help
disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges
through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience,
and build community capacity.
Made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the Community
Change Grants Program is the single largest investment in environmental and
climate justice in history. The funding announcement today is the first
tranche of nearly $2 billion from the program that was designed based on
community input to award grants on a rolling basis.
In Pennsylvania, nearly $14 million is being awarded to the Pittsburgh
Conservation Corps and PowerCorpsPHL to work in disadvantaged neighborhoods in
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to expand and create critical infrastructure for
upcycling and commercializing materials from urban tree waste. The project
will offer workforce development and training for area residents to provide
career pathways in land stewardship services and wood products.
These selected applications are the first to come under the Community Change
Grants Program’s rolling application process. Informed by robust stakeholder
engagement and community feedback, the innovative rolling application process
will ensure that applicants have ample time to prepare and take advantage of
this historic resource. The Community Change Grants Program Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO), administered through EPA’s Office of Environmental
Justice and External Civil Rights, is still accepting applications through
November 21, 2024. EPA will continue to review applications and announce
selections on a rolling basis. 
“Our ability to deliver tangible results for communities depends on
listening to them and developing innovative solutions through inclusive
stakeholder engagement,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Today,
thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, EPA has selected the
first cohort of community partnerships to solve emerging and longstanding
environmental and climate justice challenges.”
“These organizations recognized a need and took the steps to make their
communities stronger now and in the future. This funding is a boost towards a
cleaner environment while also building community capacity and addressing
environmental justice”, said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam
Ortiz. “We will continue to partner with these groups and look forward to
watching the progress that will be made.”
The Community Change Grants also deliver on President Biden’s commitment
to advance equity and justice throughout the United States through
his Justice40 Initiative to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits
of certain federal investments go to disadvantaged communities that are
marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.
See the full listing of the initial 21 organizations receiving a CCGP grant
and learn more about CCGP here:
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The Community Change Grants Program is still accepting applications through
November 21, 2024, so EPA encourages applicants to submit applications as
soon as they completely meet the NOFO requirements.  EPA will be making
additional selections on a rolling basis for the remainder of 2024. EPA also
encourages interested applicants to apply for technical assistance as soon as
possible, as the last day to request new technical assistance is August 16,
2024.
Read the Community Change Grants NOFO here:
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To learn more about the Community Change Grants and Technical Assistance:
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To learn more about environmental justice at EPA, visit:
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