Urban Environmental Program in New England

Healthy Communities Grant Program

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England’s main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that:

• Target resources to benefit communities at risk
• Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks
• Increase collaboration through community-based projects
• Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems
• Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits

Annual Application Guidance and Grant Summaries

• 2009 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2008 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2007 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2006 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2005 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2004 Healthy Communities Grant Program
• 2003 Healthy Communities Grant Program

Healthy Communities Grant Program Coordinator

If you have questions, would like additional information about the grant program, or want to be placed on the mailing list, please contact Sandy Brownell (brownell.sandra@epa.gov or (617) 918-1797).