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**Description:** This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region.

Specifically, the project will support climate resiliency through two community resilience hubs, remediate indoor pollutants in homes, implement residential energy efficiency measures, provide for workforce development for community resident clean energy jobs, support waste reduction and a circular food economy through community composting, and expand green infrastructure through tree planting and education.

Further, the grant will enable much deeper collaboration between organizations, hoping to reduce siloed approaches to implementing solutions by supporting community engagement and collaborative governance.

**Activities:** The activities include project management, coordination, and reporting; retrofitting the existing and building new portions to the Southern Resilience Hub; constructing a new Northern Resilience Hub; remediating some homes; providing energy efficiency upgrades for other homes; providing and recruiting for the Capital Region Clean Energy Workforce Development Program; supporting and expanding the community compost initiative; planting trees; and conducting community engagement and outreach across all of these activities.

**Subrecipient:** Statutory partner Clean+Healthy will provide staff to lead the coordination and communication to the partners, community, and across the project as a whole.

Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC) will construct the Northern Resilience Hub (aka UREC Resilience Center) and provide emergency response plan trainings and residential emergency plan workshops.

Affordable Housing Partnership will process applications for, inspect and remediate 25 homes to make them mold, asbestos, radon, or lead safe, and conduct outreach for the program.

Arbor Hill Development Corporation will inspect and provide energy-efficiency renovations for 33 homes and advertise and educate community members about the program with monthly meetings.

Avillage will employ its Innovation Block Ambassador Program to promote, engage, educate, or otherwise provide outreach to the community about the project activities.

Capital Area Urban League will recruit for and carry out the Capital Region Clean Energy Workforce Development Program.

Radix Ecological Sustainability Center will implement the tree planting program and associated community engagement and education including generating and sharing information from air pollution monitors, and Radix will carry out the community compost initiative.

**Outcomes:** The anticipated deliverables include monthly working group and quarterly steering committee meetings for project coordination; 20,907 square feet of retrofitted and 15,593 square feet of new space for the Southern Resilience Hub; 14,000 square feet for a new Northern Resilience Hub; 6 disaster preparedness trainings per year for each hub; 25 homes inspected and remediated of mold or asbestos including vermiculite, lead, or radon; 33 homes to be weatherized and receive energy efficiency upgrades; 90 disadvantaged community residents participating in the Capital Region Clean Energy Workforce Development Program; community compost initiative expanded from 250 to 400 residents; 200 trees planted; and community engagement and outreach campaigns for each.

The expected outcomes include increased # of households educated on emergency preparedness as measured by attendance at planned sessions; increased # of households with access to community-wide and individual household emergency response plans and shelter as measured by number of participants in sessions; # of community members with access to emergency services and safe shelter as measured by building occupancy limits; increased building efficiency as measured by energy usage before and after construction; % reduction of fossil-fuel based home heating/cooling and calculated reduction in associated greenhouse gas emissions; reduced a.

Trinity Alliance Of The Capital Region

2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.2 - REDUCE WASTE AND PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING S - CROSS AGENCY STRATEGY S.1 - ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INT

66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 2: New York City [EPA - RO]

Albany, New York United States

City-Wide

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Termination This project grant was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 01/31/28 to 05/02/25.