CHILDREN’S HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

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Grant Name

Funder

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Country or Region

United States

Research Field

Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Grant Size

Up to 315,000 USD with total funding of 315,000 USD

Contact Info

Cook-Shyovitz,Becky cook-shyovitz.becky@epa.gov

Eligibility

Non-profit Organizations, Academic Institutions

Grant Number

EPA-OA-OCHP-20-01

Description

The purpose of the Children’s Healthy Learning Environments Grant Initiative is to provide capacity building to address children’s environmental health in school and childcare settings. The Children’s Healthy Learning Environments Grant Initiative provides funding directly to organizations to support school- and/or childcare center-based capacity building projects that help school communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues that affect children. Capacity building projects are projects that improve the organization’s long-term effectiveness and sustainability through management practices,implementation, and dedication to achieving results towards children’s environmental health.The physical environments in which children develop play a critical role in their health,development, and safety. Children, from the fetal stage through adolescence, are in a dynamic state of growth as their nervous, respiratory, reproductive and immune systems develop and mature. Because of these developing systems, children are more vulnerable to permanent and irreversible damage from environmental hazards than adults. Distinct environments like childcare and school-based settings have unique characteristics related not only to the degree and route of exposure but also to the timing of exposures. Reducing exposures to unhealthy school and childcare settings through the adoption of healthy indoor environment best practices can lead to improving children’s health, attendance, concentration, and performance.

Website

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=326355

Funding resources
Environmental Protection Agency Application Kit	Open Link
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link