The 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CARE Cooperative Agreement
Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available on-line at: http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0902
This year the application time line is almost 3 months and the deadline is March 16, 2009.
The CARE website has additional information related to the CARE RFP, including our upcoming Q&A Webcasts, so also visit: http://www.epa.gov/CARE
About the CARE Request for Proposals: Around $3 million will be available in 2009 to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program.
CARE Description: The Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program is a competitive grant program that offers communities an innovative way to address the risks from multiple sources of toxic pollution in their environment.
- Through CARE various local organizations, including non-profits, businesses, schools and governments create partnerships that implement local solutions to reduce releases of toxic pollutants and minimize people’s exposure to them.
- CARE educates and supports communities by helping them assess the pollution risks they face. We provide access to EPA's and other voluntary programs to address local environmental priorities and improve the environment through local action.
- CARE has provided financial assistance by funding cooperative agreements with communities annually since 2005.
In 2008, $2.7 million in cooperative agreements were made available to more than 18 communities through the CARE program, a community-based, community-driven program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources. Examples of projects include addressing abandoned, contaminated industrial and residential properties in Gary, Ind., dealing with agriculture-related
toxics in Yakima County, Wash., and reducing air emissions from diesel trucks and buses in Woonsocket, R.I. Since 2005, the grants to reduce toxics in the environment have reached over 60 communities in over 30 states.
