The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program

The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) program provides funding at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to support  government activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health impacts in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms.

The EJG2G program goals are to:

  1.  Achieve measurable and meaningful environmental and/or public health results in communities;
  2. build broad and robust, results-oriented partnerships, particularly with community-based nonprofit organizations (CBO) within disproportionately impacted areas;
  3. pilot activities in specific communities that create transferable models, which can be expanded or replicated in other geographic areas and;  
  4. strengthen the development and implementation of meaningful approaches to achieve environmental justice.

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The EJG2G Program anticipates awarding approximately $70,000,000 of funding through 70 cooperative agreements nationwide, organized in four tracks of funding as follows:  

  • $20,000,000 annual appropriations for States partnering with CBOs proposing projects for up to $1 million each. Approximately 20 awards for up to 1 million each are anticipated under this track.
  • $20,000,000 of Inflation Reduction Act appropriations for tribal governments partnering with CBOs proposing projects for up to $1 million each. Approximately 20 awards for up to 1 million each are anticipated under this track.
  • $20,000,000 of Inflation Reduction Act appropriations for local governments partnering with CBOs proposing projects for up to $1 million each. Approximately 20 awards for up to 1 million each are anticipated under this track.
  • $10,000,000 annual appropriations for U.S. Territories, Freely Associated States, Puerto Rico, and tribes in remote areas proposing projects for up to $1 million each. Approximately 10 awards for up to 1 million each are anticipated under this track.

Deadline Date:  April 10, 2023

The Request for Proposals (RFP) may be found here:  The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program | US EPA  The proposal RFP Application Instructions may be found here: EJG2G Application Instructions.

View the EJG2G Funding Announcement Flyer

Recording of the EJG2G Webinar (January 26, 2023)
Use Passcode: 42015614

Slides from the January 26, 2023 JG2g Webinar (pdf)