Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Opens $40M Grant for Environmental Justice

The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, EPA Region 3’s regional grantmaker, has opened applications for $40 million in funding to help propel environmental justice projects. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Region announced that $40 million is now available for subgrants to communities under EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program.

Last December, the EPA announced 11 Grantmakers, including the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), to serve as Regional Grantmaker in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region (Region 3), which includes Maryland. The Thriving Communities Grantmaking program was created under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program to work in partnership with the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (TCTAC), which are part of the federal government’s Investing in America Agenda.

Applicants in the Mid-Atlantic region can now apply to Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) for subgrants of $150,000 to $350,000 to fund a wide range of environmental projects through one- or two-year grants. Organizations and communities can apply for subgrants here. Applications for two-year grants must be submitted by November 30, 2024. Applicants for one-year grants will be accepted through Spring 2025. In addition, GHHI will award up to 10 non-competitive awards for up to $75,000 for one-year grants.  Click here to see if you or your organization are eligible.

Projects can involve small local clean ups, local emergency preparedness and disaster resiliency programs, environmental workforce development programs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, fenceline monitoring and asthma related projects, healthy homes programs, and projects addressing illegal dumping, as well as projects addressing other environmental justice issues affecting their communities.

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