The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program

The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) program provides funding at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to support  government activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health impacts in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms.

Model EJG2G programs should leverage existing resources to develop processes or tools that integrate environmental justice considerations into governmental decision-making at all levels. Formerly known as EPA's State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program (SEJCA), this program has been renamed to better reflect the spectrum of entities eligible for this funding.

The EJG2G program goals are to:

1.  Achieve measurable and meaningful environmental and/or public health results in communities;
2. build broad and robust, results-oriented partnerships, particularly with community-based nonprofit organizations (CBO) within disproportionately impacted areas;
3. pilot activities in specific communities that create transferable models, which can be expanded or replicated in other geographic areas and;  
4. strengthen the development and implementation of meaningful approaches to achieve environmental justice.

• Is My Organization Eligible?
• 2023 Selectees
• Pre-Application Assistance Calls and Webinars  
• Resources

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Is My Organization Eligible? 

 Eligible entities include: 

• A state in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
• A Tribe in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
• A local government in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
• US Territories, Freely Associated States, and tribal governments in remote areas

If your organization is NOT eligible, we encourage you to partner with other eligible entities on a EJG2G project. More information available in the Request for Applications (RFA) summary below.

2023 Selectees

EPA has selected 88 EJG2G cooperative agreements that will receive a total of $86.1 million (amended from $84.1 million)  in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and annual appropriation act funding to help underserved and overburdened communities across the country. Awardees will receive up to $1,00,000 in grant funding. EJG2G grants will fund a variety of projects to serve environmental justice communities and issues including air monitoring, indoor/outdoor air quality, solar panel installation, small-scale cleanups, community education, EJ tool development, green jobs and infrastructure, food access, emergency preparedness and planning, toxics exposure, land reuse, water quality, stormwater infrastructure installation, equitable transportation and mobility, and support of healthy homes through asbestos, lead, and radon testing, remediation, and mitigation. 

Learn more about the 2023 EJG2G Selectees (pdf) (450.05 KB)

Read the press release announcing the 2023 EJG2G Selectees

This competition was launched in order to meet the goals and objectives of two Executive Orders (EO 14008 and EO 13985) issued by the Biden Administration that demonstrate the EPA’s and Administration’s commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding environmental justice into Agency programs.  

Review the Amended EJG2G Request for Applications for specific guidance and eligible project examples. (pdf) (881.82 KB)

For more information, please contact Omari Burrell.

Informational Video on the Environmental and Climate Justice Communities Grants Program

Pre-Application Assistance Calls & Webinars 

 Applicants are invited to participate in webinars with EPA to address questions about the EJG2G Program and this solicitation.  A recording of each webinar will be posted in this section for those who cannot attend the live webinars and for reference purposes when preparing applications. 

EJG2G Live Webinar: Applicants may ask general questions about this RFA.   

January 26, 2023
2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern

• Recording of the EJG2G January 26, 2023 Webinar
  • Passcode: 42015614
• Slides from the January 26, 2023 EJG2G Webinar (pdf) (795.04 KB)

February 7, 2023
2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern

• Recording of the EJG2G February 7, 2023 Webinar
  • Passcode: 50270566
• Slides from the February 7, 2023 EJG2G Webinar (pdf) (808.67 KB)

Additional assistance webinars and calls may be scheduled. Details will be posted here and sent out by the EPA-EJ Listserv and the EPA Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights X account.

Resources

• Frequently Asked Questions for the FY2023 EJG2G opportunity (pdf) (266.1 KB)
• Review previous project descriptions by state or review project descriptions by year.
• Review prior year requests for applications (RFAs).
• Fact Sheet on the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program (pdf) (283 KB)
• Informational Video on the Environmental and Climate Justice Communities Grants Program
• Environmental Justice Program Funded Projects (2014 to 2020).