[CPEO-BIF] [Fwd: 2009 CARE Request for Proposals Announcement is pasted below with an attached pdf version of the document. Applications are due March 16, 2009.]

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

*** Please distribute widely ***
 Interested in Applying for a 2009 CARE Grant?

 The 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CARE Cooperative
 Agreement Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available on-line at:
 http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0902
 This year the application time line is almost 3 months and the deadline
 is March 16, 2009.

 The CARE website has additional information related to the CARE RFP,
 including our upcoming Q&A Webcasts, so also visit:
 http://www.epa.gov/CARE

 About the CARE RFP
 Around $3 million will be available in 2009 to support community-based
 partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the
 Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program.

 EPA anticipates awarding CARE cooperative agreements in two levels.
 Level I cooperative agreements range from $75,000 to $100,000 and will
 help establish community-based partnerships to develop local
 environmental priorities. Level II awards, ranging from $150,000 to
 $300,000 each, will support communities which have established
 broad-based partnerships, have identified the priority toxic risks in
 the community, and are prepared to measure results, implement risk
 reduction activities, and become self-sustaining. In 2008, $2.7 million
 in cooperative agreements were made available to more than 18
 communities through the CARE program, a community-based,
 community-driven program that builds partnerships to help the public
 understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources. Examples of
 projects include addressing abandoned, contaminated industrial and
 residential properties in Gary, Ind., dealing with agriculture-related
 toxics in Yakima County, Wash., and reducing air emissions from diesel
 trucks and buses in Woonsocket, R.I. Since 2005, the grants to reduce
 toxics in the environment have reached over 60 communities in over 30
 states.

 Applications for the CARE grants are due March 16, 2009. Eligible
 applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit
 organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference
 calls, Feb. 3, 24 and 27, for prospective applicants to ask questions
 about the application process.

 Additional information about the CARE program, previous cooperative
 agreement recipients, and applying for the 2009 grants is available at:
 http://www.epa.gov/care

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 CARE Request for Proposals Q&A Webcast (also available on
 http://www.epa.gov/care)

The CARE program will conduct three national information sessions for
cooperative agreement applicants via national Internet seminars, or
Webcasts, in January and February 2009.

   February 3, 2009           12:30 - 2:00 p.m. eastern time

     February 24, 2009        12:30 - 2:00 p.m. eastern time

     February 27, 2009              10:00 – 11:30 a.m. eastern time



 To register for the upcoming CARE Internet Seminar for either of the
 above dates, please go to:
   http://www.cluin.org/studio/seminar.cfm.


  For Your Information: EPA has a new Web-based training page designed
  to help non-profit recipients of EPA grants and cooperative agreements
  (grants or grant agreements) manage their grants in a manner that
  assures EPA meets this vision.


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Marva E. King
EPA CARE Program Coordinator
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (6101A)
Washington, DC 20460
Work Phone:  202-564-2599, Fax:  566-0202
Work Cell: 202-360-6053
www.epa.gov/care
www.2008careworkshop.net

For Shipping:
1301 Constitution Avenue
Room 3133
Washington, DC 20004
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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