Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grants Program
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established both the PROTECT Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs. The PROTECT Discretionary Grants Program funds projects on a competitive basis that address the climate crisis by … Read more
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Formula Program
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established both the PROTECT Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs (described separately). The PROTECT Program helps increase surface transportation resilience to natural hazards, like flooding, through planning … Read more
Land and Water Conservation Fund – State and Local Assistance Program
The LWCF is funded by revenues from offshore oil and gas leases and uses funding to conserve resources, like parks, wildlife refuges, forests, open spaces, trails and wildlife habitat. The … Read more
Climate and Environmental Justice Block Grants
Climate and Environmental Justice Block Grants provide $3 billion in competitive, 3-year grants to states, Tribes, and municipalities and community-based nonprofit organizations for financial and technical assistance to address clean … Read more
Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program
The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program provides funding for community-based organizations to engage in model activities that achieve measurable environmental impacts in communities who disproportionately bear the burden of pollution. … Read more
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program
The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides financial assistance to organizations working to address local environmental or public health issues in their communities. The program assists recipients … Read more
Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program
This new program, established by the Inflation Reduction Act, provides grants to help reconnect neighborhoods divided by infrastructure through locally tailored projects and additionally aims to mitigate or remediate negative … Read more
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP Program)
Funding from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (RCP Program) reconnects disjoined communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating transportation facilities such as highways and rail lines that block community connectivity. RCP … Read more
Forest Stewardship Program
The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) provides assistance to owners to effectively manage and meet landowner goals for forested land where proper stewardship, including agroforestry practices, will enhance and sustain multiple … Read more
Brownfields Assessment Grants
The Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, tribes, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield properties, like preserving them … Read more
