84099201
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Description: This agreement provides funding to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)/Health Research Inc (HRI).
Specifically, the recipient will provide capacity building in indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) in schools throughout New York State (NYS) and among states across the country with K-12 IAQ programs.
They will draw on past experience to conduct many educational and training events and other activities to achieve these outputs and outcomes: dozens of seminars, conferences, webinars, and trainings; increased knowledge and awareness among school staff to address IAQ and GHGR in NYS and the nation; a large number of trained school staff; IAQ monitoring in schools; and up to 2,371 disadvantaged and tribal schools in NY adopting a sustainable IAQ management plan to make significant IAQ improvements and GHGR that will improve the health and performance of NY's ~1.6 million disadvantaged students plus teachers/staff.
Activities: The project will cover activity areas 1-3 (1. IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building; 2. Tribal IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building; and 3. IAQ and GHG reduction training and education campaign), providing capacity building in indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) in schools throughout New York State (NYS) and among states across the country with K-12 IAQ programs.
The following activities will be conducted during the project period:
Capacity Building
- Add 3 members to the SEHP Steering Committee that represent DACs.
- Organize and host 4-8 meetings of the National Work Group on K-12 IAQ Programs.
- Enhance a community of practice around IAQ/GHGR.
Training/Education Campaign
- Conduct 125 regional seminars (25 per year x 5 years).
- Conduct 4 NYS conferences (1 per year x 4 years).
- Attend 40 partner events (table or present) (8/year x 5 years).
- Develop and present 27 bi-monthly webinars on IAQ (6 per year x 4.5 years).
- Conduct 27 IAQ and GHG chat sessions (6 per year x 4.5 years).
- Develop a toolkit for NYS schools on IAQ/GHGR best practices, implementation, and resources.
- Distribute school EH summary reports.
- Develop new educational materials for schools including infographics.
- Develop presentation on effective proactive health and safety committees.
- Evaluate all seminars, conferences, webinars, etc.
- Conduct pre-and post-surveys for regional seminars to understand knowledge gained.
- Conduct focus interviews with regional seminar hosts to solicit feedback.
Training - Hands-on/Technical
- Train 85 DAC schools to use the IAQ monitoring tool.
- Establish a train-the-trainer course on IAQ and GHGR in each of the 37 BOCES.
- Award CEUs as part of training for school staff.
- Archive 10 training videos.
- Award 50 scholarships for DAC school staff to attend CUNY BPL or other certification program.
- Evaluate all trainings.
- Conduct pre-and post-surveys for IAQ and BOCES trainings to understand knowledge gained.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include:
- A report for schools on complete IAQ best practices and GHGR strategies.
- A report on how to adopt and institutionalize IAQ plans.
- A paper comparing DAC schools with/without IAQ plans.
- Papers on the state of NYS schools' IAQ over time, and on implementation of an IAQ monitoring protocol in schools.
- Reports on evaluation results of events and trainings.
- An annual report on evaluation of all education and training.
- A joint report from National Work Group on K-12 IAQ Programs.
- A final project report.
The expected outcomes include significant GHG emission and comprehensive indoor air risk reductions for K-12 schools and school districts in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities enabled.
Specifically, the recipient will provide capacity building in indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) in schools throughout New York State (NYS) and among states across the country with K-12 IAQ programs.
They will draw on past experience to conduct many educational and training events and other activities to achieve these outputs and outcomes: dozens of seminars, conferences, webinars, and trainings; increased knowledge and awareness among school staff to address IAQ and GHGR in NYS and the nation; a large number of trained school staff; IAQ monitoring in schools; and up to 2,371 disadvantaged and tribal schools in NY adopting a sustainable IAQ management plan to make significant IAQ improvements and GHGR that will improve the health and performance of NY's ~1.6 million disadvantaged students plus teachers/staff.
Activities: The project will cover activity areas 1-3 (1. IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building; 2. Tribal IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building; and 3. IAQ and GHG reduction training and education campaign), providing capacity building in indoor air quality (IAQ) and greenhouse gas reduction (GHGR) in schools throughout New York State (NYS) and among states across the country with K-12 IAQ programs.
The following activities will be conducted during the project period:
Capacity Building
- Add 3 members to the SEHP Steering Committee that represent DACs.
- Organize and host 4-8 meetings of the National Work Group on K-12 IAQ Programs.
- Enhance a community of practice around IAQ/GHGR.
Training/Education Campaign
- Conduct 125 regional seminars (25 per year x 5 years).
- Conduct 4 NYS conferences (1 per year x 4 years).
- Attend 40 partner events (table or present) (8/year x 5 years).
- Develop and present 27 bi-monthly webinars on IAQ (6 per year x 4.5 years).
- Conduct 27 IAQ and GHG chat sessions (6 per year x 4.5 years).
- Develop a toolkit for NYS schools on IAQ/GHGR best practices, implementation, and resources.
- Distribute school EH summary reports.
- Develop new educational materials for schools including infographics.
- Develop presentation on effective proactive health and safety committees.
- Evaluate all seminars, conferences, webinars, etc.
- Conduct pre-and post-surveys for regional seminars to understand knowledge gained.
- Conduct focus interviews with regional seminar hosts to solicit feedback.
Training - Hands-on/Technical
- Train 85 DAC schools to use the IAQ monitoring tool.
- Establish a train-the-trainer course on IAQ and GHGR in each of the 37 BOCES.
- Award CEUs as part of training for school staff.
- Archive 10 training videos.
- Award 50 scholarships for DAC school staff to attend CUNY BPL or other certification program.
- Evaluate all trainings.
- Conduct pre-and post-surveys for IAQ and BOCES trainings to understand knowledge gained.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include:
- A report for schools on complete IAQ best practices and GHGR strategies.
- A report on how to adopt and institutionalize IAQ plans.
- A paper comparing DAC schools with/without IAQ plans.
- Papers on the state of NYS schools' IAQ over time, and on implementation of an IAQ monitoring protocol in schools.
- Reports on evaluation results of events and trainings.
- An annual report on evaluation of all education and training.
- A joint report from National Work Group on K-12 IAQ Programs.
- A final project report.
The expected outcomes include significant GHG emission and comprehensive indoor air risk reductions for K-12 schools and school districts in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities enabled.
Awardee
Funding Goals
4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
New York
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Health Research was awarded
K-12 School IAQ Capacity Building Grant for NY and Beyond
Project Grant 84099201
worth $5,044,509
from the Office of Air and Radiation in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in New York United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 66.034 Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Pollution at Schools.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 10/15/24
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
9/30/29
End Date
Funding Split
$5.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
84099201
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
68HF00 OFC GRANTS & DEBARMENT(OGD) (GRANT)
Funding Office
68L000 OFC FOR AIR RAD (OAR) (FUNDING)
Awardee UEI
GCKPMNH8D854
Awardee CAGE
4BRN7
Performance District
NY-22
Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Modified: 10/15/24