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Project Summaries: Environmental Justice Grants Program (Cycle 2)

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The Environmental Justice Advisory Board selected the following projects to receive funding under the second year of the Colorado Environmental Justice Grant Program:

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Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Project title: Water Quality Standards and 401 Certification Capacity

Current funding amount: $50,000

Project goals:

  • Support the work of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Environmental Programs Department to review and approve 401 Water Quality Certifications and work closely with federal permitting agencies.
  • Prevent and mitigate water quality pollution and contribute to the health and well-being of communities within and around the reservation boundaries.
     

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

Project title: Addressing Municipal Waste and Hazardous Materials Management in the Towaoc Community

Current funding amount: $50,000

Project goals:

  • Support the Work of the Ute Mountain Ute Environmental Programs Department to improve solid waste management practices and hazardous materials management, including improvements to the Towaoc Transfer Station to manage municipal solid waste, reduce trash burning, and mitigate associated health risks.
  • Support work to reduce hazardous materials like asbestos and lead-based paint in older homes, particularly during home remodeling projects for Tribal leaders and other residents.
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Jefferson County Public Health Department

Project title: Jeffco Manufactured Homes Environmental Justice Initiative Expansion Project

Current funding amount: $149,243

Project goals:

  • Minimize greenhouse gas emissions and increase resiliency to extreme weather events for manufactured homes and their owners in two disproportionately impacted communities in Jefferson County – Elevado Estates and Mitchell’s Mobile Home Park.

The City of Fort Collins

Project title: Cultivating Community-Led Resilient Homes

Current funding amount: $168,874

Project goals:

  • Provide tools to address indoor health and safety for disproportionately impacted communities in Fort Collins including indoor air quality assessments, portable air cleaners, smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide alarms, furnace servicing, low-level weatherization, air conditioners, and other related resources.
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350 Colorado

Project title: Air Pollution Education and Advocacy in Greeley

Current funding amount: $173,700

Project goals:

  • Provide air quality data and educational resources that convey the health impacts of fracking, identify protective measures for families, and identify advocacy opportunities for a healthier community.
  • Empower community members in Greeley to advocate for policies to phase out fracking and ensure healthy air for future generations.

Urban Symbiosis

Project title: Mirco Urban Farms

Current funding amount: $217,193

Project goals:

  • Increase community food security and environmental sustainability by creating micro urban farms in the Colfax corridor in Aurora and Denver to expand access to healthy, locally grown food while avoiding dependence on industrial agriculture practices that can harm the environment.
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Green House Connection Center

Project title: Support Engagement and Empowerment of Disproportionately Impacted Communities — SEEDs

Current funding amount: $143,100

Project goals:

  • Advance environmental justice in North Metro Denver, Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea by increasing the involvement of disproportionately impacted communities in decision-making processes.
  • Provide culturally competent environmental justice programs and encourage collaboration among people interested in environmental justice.

Adams County Health Department

Project title: Thornton/Commerce City Environmental Justice Grants

Current funding amount: $147,890

Project goals: