03D32325
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Description: The agreement provides funding in the amount of $4,923,958 under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Jackson Public Schools to replace in use, vehicles with new zero emission vehicles to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in EPA Region 4.
The recipient will replace 15 eligible vehicles with comparable, eligible zero emission vehicles under the School Bus Sub-Program, resulting in cleaner air and improved health for communities in Jackson, Mississippi.
Activities: The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 6 and Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero emission vehicles, purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining charging and fueling equipment to maintain the new zero emission vehicles and providing workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, fueling, and operation of the new zero emission vehicles.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include replacement of 15 internal combustion engine school buses with zero emission school buses and the installation of 10 DC fast chargers.
Workforce training will be provided to staff, bus drivers, and mechanics related to zero emission vehicles and charging, and monthly community engagement activities will be coordinated by project staff.
The expected outcomes include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improved ambient air quality in communities where the buses operate, improved workforce training programs and increased worker confidence in operating and maintaining zero emissions vehicles and chargers, increased public awareness of the Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles Program, and better community understanding of the environmental and economic effectiveness of the implemented technology.
The intended beneficiaries include Jackson Public Schools (grantee), IRIS Facilities Intelligence (partner), and Entergy (partner).
Other beneficiaries include disadvantaged community residents who will benefit from improved ambient air quality in communities in which the vehicles operate.
The recipient will replace 15 eligible vehicles with comparable, eligible zero emission vehicles under the School Bus Sub-Program, resulting in cleaner air and improved health for communities in Jackson, Mississippi.
Activities: The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 6 and Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero emission vehicles, purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining charging and fueling equipment to maintain the new zero emission vehicles and providing workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, fueling, and operation of the new zero emission vehicles.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include replacement of 15 internal combustion engine school buses with zero emission school buses and the installation of 10 DC fast chargers.
Workforce training will be provided to staff, bus drivers, and mechanics related to zero emission vehicles and charging, and monthly community engagement activities will be coordinated by project staff.
The expected outcomes include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improved ambient air quality in communities where the buses operate, improved workforce training programs and increased worker confidence in operating and maintaining zero emissions vehicles and chargers, increased public awareness of the Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles Program, and better community understanding of the environmental and economic effectiveness of the implemented technology.
The intended beneficiaries include Jackson Public Schools (grantee), IRIS Facilities Intelligence (partner), and Entergy (partner).
Other beneficiaries include disadvantaged community residents who will benefit from improved ambient air quality in communities in which the vehicles operate.
Awardee
Funding Goals
1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Mississippi
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Jackson Public Schools was awarded
Zero Emission School Bus Grant for Cleaner Air in Jackson, Mississippi
Project Grant 03D32325
worth $4,923,958
from EPA Region 4: Atlanta in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Mississippi United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 66.049 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program.
$1,990,500 (29.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 2/6/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$4.9M
Federal Obligation
$2.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$6.9M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
03D32325
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Independent School District
Awarding Office
68HF04 REGION 4 (GRANTS OFFICE)
Funding Office
68T000 REGION 4 (FUNDING OFFICE)
Awardee UEI
LCDSDWLQ4VZ5
Awardee CAGE
6Z7V1
Performance District
MS-02
Senators
Roger Wicker
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Modified: 2/6/25