Grants

EPA awards grants through its competitive grant programs aimed at promoting efforts to prevent or reduce childhood lead poisoning.

EPA's National Community-Based Lead Grant Program
EPA's Targeted Lead Grant Program
Tribal Lead Grant Program

EPA is requesting grant proposals for 2008.

In 2007, EPA awarded over 80 grants as part of three competitive grant programs aimed at promoting efforts to prevent or reduce childhood lead poisoning.

EPA has ten regional offices, each responsible for a number of states and, for some EPA Regions, territories. Please select a region from the map below to see the grants issued within it or select a state from the pull-down menu below.

The National Community-Based Lead Grant Program (1 pg, 38K) is aimed at promoting efforts to prevent or reduce childhood lead poisoning. In 2007 the Agency awarded more than $3.1 million in grant dollars. The funds enable communities to educate those at risk, provide lead-awareness training and develop local ordinances aimed at lead abatement. Grant recipients range from city health departments to universities and colleges, community organizations, religious groups, and other non-profit organizations.

EPA's Targeted Lead Grant Program funds projects in areas with high incidences of children with elevated blood-lead levels in vulnerable populations. In 2007 the Agency awarded more than $5.2 million in grant dollars. These targeted grants are intended to address immediate needs of the communities in which they are awarded, and will also highlight lead poisoning prevention strategies that can be used in similar communities across the country.

EPA's Tribal Lead Grant Program will fund efforts to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning in tribal communities. EPA awarded nearly $1 million in grant funds for the Tribal Lead Grant Program in 2007. Learn more about the program and the 2007 grant recipients.

EPA's lead program is playing a major role in meeting the federal goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning as a major public health concern by 2010. Projects supported by these grant funds are an important part of this ongoing effort – and we are seeing their effects. By 2002, the number of U.S. children with elevated blood-leadlevels dropped to 310,000 from 13.5 million in 1978, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2008 Tribal Grants. EPA is making available approximately $500,000 for Tribal Lead Grants. EPA is accepting grant proposals from federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support tribal educational outreach and to conduct a baseline assessment of tribal children's existing and potential exposure to lead-based paint and related lead-based paint hazards. In the Request for Proposals (PDF) (24 pp, 167K), EPA describes activities eligible for funding include educational outreach, data gathering, inspections, risk assessments, training and development of new and innovative approaches to identifying or reducing lead poisoning. The closing date for applicants to submit proposals under this announcement is April 21, 2008. Applicants can apply via mail or on-line at www.grants.gov. Helpful Grants.gov instructions (PDF) (6 pp, 84K) are provided for on-line application.

2008 National Community Based Lead Grants. EPA is soliciting grant proposals from eligible entities to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in low-income communities with older housing. In the Request for Proposals (PDF) (19 pp, 94K), EPA describes a new community-based lead grant program and provides potential grant activities that could include outreach, training, ordinance development, and other activities that would result in reduction of childhood lead poisoning. The closing date for applicants to submit proposals under this announcement is March 31, 2008. Applicants can apply via mail or on-line at www.grants.gov. Helpful Grants.gov instructions (PDF) (5 pp, 32K) are provided for on-line application.

Read more information about EPA's Lead Program, or call the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD.

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