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EPA Announces Nearly $1 Million to Support Involving South Bronx Communities
in Climate Resiliency Planning
NEW YORK— Today, July 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced close to $1 million in funding for one selected application to help
environmentally over-burdened 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 this first round, EPA has selected the Bronx River Alliance with Youth
Ministries for Peace and Justice as a partner to receive almost $1 million to
convene a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force to ensure that communities have a
voice in decisions made that will shape the future of climate resiliency in
the Bronx. The taskforce will ensure that disadvantaged communities in the
Bronx will be able to fully participate in planning and implementation
decisions about coastal adaptation, habitat restoration, and related local,
state, and federal infrastructure projects. ? ? 
?“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.”?? 
“We congratulate the Bronx River Alliance and their partner Youth Ministries
for Peace and Justice for being selected as a recipient of the Environmental
and Climate Justice Community Change Grants to continue advancing and shaping
climate justice and resiliency in the Bronx,” said Lisa F. Garcia, EPA
Regional Administrator. “This grant of nearly 1 million dollars will create
a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force that will help residents fully engage in
planning processes and decisions related to adaptation, infrastructure
projects, and more.”? 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim
Commissioner Sean Mahar said, “The Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation
Reduction Act is making a difference in the lives of New Yorkers most affected
by pollution and climate change. The investments complement the critical work
DEC and our many partners are doing to help ensure equity and justice in the
Bronx and across the state. We applaud EPA administrator Regan and Regional
Administrator Garcia for this latest $1 million to help support environmental
justice organizations on the front lines of creating positive change in their
community.”? 
“This critical federal grant, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act I
led to passage, will help the Bronx River Alliance, in partnership with Youth
Ministries for Peace and Justice, convene a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force
that will ensure disadvantaged communities in the Bronx have a voice in
climate justice projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate
resilience, and build community capacity,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer. “I’m proud to have fought for the Inflation Reduction Act, the
single largest investment in environmental and climate justice in history, and
for funding opportunities like this, to give environmentally over-burdened
communities a boost in the urgent fight against climate change.” 
“I want to wish a heartfelt congratulations to The Bronx River Alliance and
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice on receiving this crucial federal
funding! This recognition of their work underscores the importance of
collaborative initiatives in advancing climate resilience within our
community. This effort not only addresses immediate climate-related challenges
faced by Bronxites; it lays a foundation for future generations by
implementing systemic solutions. Today’s news is a significant stride towards
shaping a sustainable and thriving future for all in the Bronx,” said
Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15).? ?
“We are incredibly thankful and excited to be a recipient of President
Biden’s EPA Community Change awards. With this federal funding, we will be
able to uplift longstanding environmental needs of under-resourced and
disadvantaged communities in a borough of 1.5 million residents,” said The
Bronx River Alliance Executive Director Siddhartha Sánchez. We will
prioritize investments that build our community’s resilience to climate
change through catalytic ecological restoration projects throughout the Bronx.
By convening a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force to spearhead these
initiatives, Bronx communities will be given a meaningful voice in government
decision-mating processes, addressing historical gaps in equity and mitigating
critical environmental and climate injustices.”? 
The selected application is the first to come under the Community Change
Grants Program’s rolling application process to New York City.? 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.?? 
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.? 
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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