Environmental Justice Grant Awarded to Howardville, Mo., Committee

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $25,000 Environmental Justice Grant to the Howardville Community Betterment Committee of Howardville, Mo.

The grant will address storm water runoff and flooding by assessing infrastructure needs of the West End Hermondale community, as well as help build community partnerships. Howardville Community Betterment will disseminate information on the Safe Drinking Water Act, distribute EPA educational materials and develop a survey to help determine the effectiveness of its community outreach efforts.

“Working for environmental justice is one of the seven priorities of EPA and [administrator] Lisa P. Jackson,” said Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 administrator. “This grant will allow the community to begin to tackle local environmental concerns that otherwise may have gone unaddressed.”

EPA also announced it is now accepting applications for Environmental Justice Grants in 2012. Applicants must be incorporated nonprofit, faith-based or tribal organizations working to educate, empower and enable their communities to understand and address local environmental and public health issues. The application deadline is Feb. 29, 2012.

More information is available online in PDF.

Source: U.S. EPA