HHS Launches Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge
Challenge aims to bolster community and Tribal-led solutions with $1 million in total prizes over the next year, advance Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to environmental justice
“With this HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge, the Biden-Harris Administration is signaling our commitment to ongoing partnership at the community level in support of environmental justice.
“The pursuit of environmental justice and health equity are inextricably linked,” said Dr. Sharunda Buchanan, Ph.D., Interim Director of the Office of Environmental Justice. “It’s critical that we hear directly from those with lived experiences and firsthand knowledge of local factors that drive disproportionate health impacts.
Innovative approaches to building capacity in community-based or Tribal organizations on project planning, needs assessment, budgeting, engagement with community members, and grant application writing, to address environmental and climate change-related hazards as drivers of health disparities.
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