The EPA just announced a funding opportunity, "Building State, Territorial, and Tribal Capacity To Address Children's Environmental Health: Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma." Letters of Intent are due October 15th. The goal is to identify projects that will build state, territorial, and tribal capacity to address the environment triggers of childhood asthma. This solicitation focuses on projects that equip environment and health departments/agencies, and social service agencies where indicated, of states, territories and tribes as partners or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions with substantive government involvement, to achieve measurable environmental and public health results by identifying and reducing environmental risks to protect and improve the environmental health of children impacted by asthma. EPA anticipates awarding approximately seven to nine grants from these Full Proposals. Approximately $360,000 are expected to be awarded. Grants or cooperative agreements may be requested from $25,000 to $50,000 for a period of one year. View the full RFP at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2004/September/Day-27/a21580.htm
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