Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R1 HC 2019
The 2019 Healthy Communities Grant Program is a competitive funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 1 (EPA New England). It is designed to support EPA's "Back-to-Basics" agenda by working directly with local communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health, and strengthen overall quality of life. The program is focused on practical, community-based projects that deliver clear, measurable outcomes tied to environmental improvements and public health protection, rather than abstract planning efforts without identifiable results.
A central theme of this grant program is prioritizing communities that face higher environmental burdens or greater vulnerability. EPA emphasizes directing resources to "communities at risk," including areas where resilience needs to be strengthened, places with potential environmental justice concerns, and populations that are considered sensitive or disproportionately impacted, such as children, older adults, tribes, and both urban and rural residents who may face elevated exposure to pollution or other environmental hazards. In other words, the program is meant to help close gaps where environmental conditions and health risks are not evenly shared across populations.
The grant supports projects that help communities assess, better understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks. This can include activities that identify local exposure pathways, reduce contamination sources, improve environmental conditions, and translate information into action that meaningfully lowers risk. EPA also highlights collaboration and partnership-building as a core expectation, encouraging applications that bring together local governments, community organizations, schools, public health entities, tribes, or other stakeholders to implement solutions in a coordinated, community-driven way.
Another key goal is building long-term capacity. Beyond solving a single problem, the program seeks to strengthen a community's ability to recognize environmental and health challenges, plan effectively, and take sustained action over time. Alongside this, the program explicitly supports efforts that advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience, reflecting the need for communities to be better equipped for environmental disruptions and to maintain or restore ecological systems that support health and well-being.
To be eligible as a project under this program, a proposal must meet two main requirements. First, the project must be located in and/or directly benefit one or more designated Target Investment Areas. Second, it must explain how it will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results within one or more Target Program Areas. The emphasis on measurable results is a defining feature: applicants are expected to show how progress will be demonstrated through concrete outputs or outcomes, such as reduced exposures, improved environmental indicators, or other verifiable benefits tied to health and environmental quality. Additional eligibility details are referenced in Section III of the full solicitation.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant offered as a Cooperative Agreement, indicating EPA anticipates being more involved than in a standard grant, typically through collaboration, oversight, or technical engagement during the project. The funding activity category is Environment, and the listed CFDA number is 66.110. The opportunity number is EPA R1 HC 2019, created April 9, 2019, with an original closing date of May 28, 2019 (with the solicitation noting that applicants should review Section IV for any additional closing date information). The maximum award amount is $25,000, and EPA anticipated making around 10 awards. Eligible applicants are listed broadly as "Others," with clarification provided in the solicitation's additional eligibility information section, meaning prospective applicants would need to consult that text to confirm organizational eligibility.Apply for EPA R1 HC 2019
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2019 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 09, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 28, 2019 See Section IV of the solicitation for additional close date information.. (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 $25,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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