Closed · EPA-R6-R9-18-01 · CFDA 66.609 · Discretionary

Creating and Maintaining Healthier Environments for Children in U.S. Communities along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$30K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 22, 2017
Close date
7
Expected awards

The verdict

Creating and Maintaining Healthier Environments for Children in U.S. Communities along the U.S.-Mexico Border is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered $30,000 -- $50,000 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,487 other opportunities from Environmental Protection Agency.

$30K-$50K
award range
Closed
application status
7
expected awards
66.609
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Creating and Maintaining Healthier Environmen… is closed (last close September 22, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Environmental Protection Agency still indexes 1,487 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 22, 2017

Posted Aug 22 Closes Sep 22

Est. Total Funding

$200,000

Expected Awards

7

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for projects that address children’s environmental health risks in southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas communities located within 100 kilometers or 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border including but not limited to those that support prenatal environmental health education, healthy childcare education, environmental health youth summits, or pediatric environmental health training. Please Note: Communities who are impacted must be within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-R6-R9-18-01

Grants.gov marks Creating and Maintaining Healthier Environmen… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the Environmental Protection Agency book (1,239 peers, 83% of 1,488).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Stephanie Cheaney, Phone: 214-665-8057

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What to do next

Creating and Maintaining Healthier Environmen… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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