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DESCRIPTION: The agreement provides funding to National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Specifically, NWF will work with core partners (UMD CEEJH and UMD EFC) to design, operate, and lead a Mid-Atlantic Thriving Communities Hub (MATCH) to be an environmental justice thriving communities technical assistance center for EPA Region 3, serving the states of DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV, as well as the District of Columbia. NWF will work closely with multiple community-based partners as core partners selected due to their experience and expertise in environmental and energy justice work.

THIS ACTION PARTIALLY FUNDS THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000,000. Federal funds in the amount of $8,000,000 are contingent upon availability of additional funding.

ACTIVITIES: Using core partners and community-based hubs, this project will provide outreach to communities in need of technical assistance and increase capacity and knowledge related to environmental and energy justice concerns.

SUBRECIPIENT: Core partners National Wildlife Federation, University of Maryland Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) and University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (EFC), will design, operate and lead a Mid-Atlantic Thriving Communities Hub (MATCH) to be an environmental justice thriving communities technical assistance center for EPA Region 3, serving the states of DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV and DC. NWF will work closely with multiple community-based partners as core partners selected due to their experience and expertise in environmental and energy justice work. Using a 'hub' approach, the core partners (1 subaward for UMD) will act as 'core hubs', and the community-based 'hubs' (10 subawards) will allow for service delivery to be more accessible to potential program participants, both geographically as well as culturally, due to their on-the-ground community presence.

OUTCOMES: The expected outcomes of this project include: gained knowledge and skills needed to understand and assess environmental and energy justice issues and to engage policymakers, government agencies, and industry; and an increase in financial, technical, and institutional knowledge, resources, and skills to assess, design, implement, maintain, and pay for environmental and energy justice related projects. The intended beneficiaries include communities that are underserved, overburdened, resource-constrained, and rural in all Region 3 areas: DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, and DC.

National Wildlife Federation

2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.1 - ENSURE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE SAFETY 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.3 - REVITALIZE LAND AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVA

66.309 - Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training and Special Purpose Activities Relating to Environmental Justice

EPA Region 3: Philadelphia [EPA - RO]

Virginia United States

State-Wide

Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (EJ TCTAC) (EPA-I-OP-OEJ-22-02)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 06/30/28 to 02/21/25 and the total obligations have increased 100% from $4,000,000 to $8,000,000.