Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R1 HC 2023
The 2023 Healthy Communities Grant Program is a competitive EPA New England funding opportunity designed to support practical, community-level projects that produce measurable environmental and public health benefits across New England. Launched in 2003, the program is built around the idea that communities often face connected challenges (like air quality, indoor asthma triggers, pollution, and water infrastructure needs) that are best addressed through coordinated, cross-program solutions rather than isolated efforts. In 2023, EPA New England plans to fund roughly 15 projects through cooperative agreements, meaning recipients should expect an active partnership approach in which EPA may provide ongoing involvement, guidance, or coordination during the project period.
This opportunity sits under the Environmental Protection Agency and is categorized as a discretionary grant, with funding issued as a cooperative agreement. The program is tied to CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number 66.110 and focuses on environmental activities with direct community impact. Individual awards can be as high as $40,000, indicating the program is meant to support targeted, results-oriented projects that can demonstrate concrete outcomes within a reasonable scope and timeline, rather than large-scale capital construction efforts.
A central feature of the Healthy Communities program is its integration of multiple EPA New England priority areas, allowing applicants to propose projects that cut across several environmental and health concerns at once. The program explicitly references a wide range of EPA New England efforts, including air quality outreach; asthma and indoor air improvements; childrens environmental health; clean, green, and healthy schools initiatives; energy efficiency; environmental justice; pollution prevention; sustainable materials management; toxics and pesticides; and water infrastructure needs spanning stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water. In practice, that means a strong proposal could focus on one of these topics or combine several of them, as long as the work is well-justified, locally relevant, and able to show measurable benefits.
The stated goal is to combine available resources and select the most competitive projects that will deliver clear environmental and public health results in New England communities. That emphasis on measurable results suggests applicants should be prepared to define specific deliverables and outcomes, such as reductions in exposure to harmful pollutants, improved indoor air practices in schools or community buildings, pollution prevention steps that reduce hazardous materials use, better stormwater management approaches, or community education and outreach that leads to documented behavior or policy changes. Projects that align with environmental justice priorities and demonstrate benefits to overburdened or underserved communities are also clearly within the program scope, given the inclusion of the Environmental Justice Program among the integrated EPA initiatives.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with the details referenced as being clarified in an additional eligibility section within the full announcement. In other words, applicants need to check the original solicitation text for the precise list of eligible entity types (for example, nonprofits, local governments, schools, tribal entities, or other community-based organizations), but the framing of the program indicates it is intended for a wide range of community-focused applicants who can credibly implement an on-the-ground project in New England.
Key administrative details include the funding opportunity title "2023 Healthy Communities Grant Program" and funding opportunity number EPA R1 HC 2023. The opportunity was created on April 11, 2023, and the original application closing date was May 26, 2023. Overall, the program is best understood as a small-grants, high-impact vehicle for community partners in New England to test, implement, or expand practical solutions that improve environmental conditions and protect public health, with EPA New England serving as a collaborative partner through the cooperative agreement structure.Apply for EPA R1 HC 2023
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2023 Healthy Communities Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.110.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 26, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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