Each year the EPA provides technical assistance to about 3 communities to help them address the threats of natural disasters by providing tools and guidance to help them take action to protect the people, economy and quality of life in these communities.
The EPA provides funding to community organizations to build partnerships and to work on projects to address environmental and/or public health issues in their community using the “Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model.”
The EPA provides funding to community-based organizations through Environmental Justice Small Grants to support and empower communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues.
Each year the EPA helps 3-4 cities and towns develop an implementable vision of environmentally friendly neighborhoods that incorporate innovative green infrastructure and other sustainable design strategies.
The EPA provides funding to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to assist communities/organizations that have approved Nine-Element Watershed Management Plans with the implementation of the Plan’s best management practices and associated activities in order to restore and protect waters that have been impaired or threatened by nonpoint source pollution (NPS).
The EPA Urban Waters Program is helping grow local businesses and enhancing educational, recreational, social, and employment opportunities by investing in healthy and accessible urban waters.
The USEPA provides funds to develop or refine programs that protect, manage and restore wetlands. The focus of this grant is to develop or refine state/local/tribal wetland programs.
