Grant and Funding Opportunities
Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)
- CCLR offers technical assistance and online state resource center.
Department of Health and Human Services DHHS), Office of Community Services (OCS)
- The Office of Community Services (OCS) partners with states, communities and agencies to eliminate causes of poverty, increase self-sufficiency of individuals and families and revitalize communities. Provides grants to community development corporations and community action agencies for brownfields redevelopment and job creation projects.
National Association of Counties (NACo)
- NACo offers grants clearinghouse of available grants from federal, private, and foundation entities.
Northeast-Midwest Institute: Brownfields Incentives and Financing
- Northeast-Midwest Institute provides resources and best practices in the area of federal, state, and local brownfields incentives and financing.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- USDA helps support rural redevelopment through programs in the Rural Development and Natural Resources and Environment Mission areas. USDA R&R serves as the primary contact point for communities needing USDA assistance with a brownfields project.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Section 108 Loan Funding
- HUD offers Section 108 loan funding to public entities for redevelopment projects as part of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Clean Water State Revolving Fund Branch
- This site provides information on obtaining funding for brownfields work through EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Branch.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Brownfields Funding Information
- US EPA provides brownfield multipurpose, assessment, clean-up and planning grants, technical assistance, and other resources.
Tools
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED- ND) Rating System
- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) developed LEED-ND, a system for local governments, development teams, and planners to rate and certify green neighborhoods.
Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH)
The PACE EH was designed to strengthen public involvement in environmental health decision-making to help ensure that the interests of the community are taken into account during the process
Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating Communities (STAR)
- STAR Community Rating System is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for evaluating, quantifying, and improving the livability and sustainability of communities.
Technical Assistance to Brownfields: TAB EZ and Brownfield Inventory Tool (BiT)
- Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) tools for grant writing, site inventory, and program management.
US EPA’s Cleanups in My Community (CIMC)
Cleanups in My Community (CIMC) enables you to map and list hazardous waste cleanup locations and grant areas, and drill down to details about those cleanups and grants and other, related information.
US EPA’s Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST)
- EPA’s Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST) provides information to help users identify environmental issues in their communities, learn about these issues, and explore exposure and risk reduction options.
US EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJSCREEN)
- EJSCREEN is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators.
Other Sources of Information
ASTM International
- ASTM International has published standard guides for various brownfield-related activities, including Environmental Site Assessments.
Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center (BTSC)
- BTSC assists decision-makers in various aspects involved with cleaning up contaminated sites.
Center for Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM) at University of Louisville
- The Center for Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM) seeks to provide research and technical assistance to local, state, and tribal governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations regarding sustainable environmental policy and program development and evaluation.
Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Brownfields Program
- The Environmental Law Institute’s Brownfields Program encourages and supports brownfield cleanups and redevelopment and helps ensure that such efforts protect public health and respond to community preferences.
National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Healthy Community Design
- NACCHO’s Healthy Community Design Portfolio involves work with local health departments on Health Impact Assessment, Health in All Policies Initiatives, Health Impact Assessment Community of Practice, and Brownfields.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA): Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth
- NOAA’s resources describing different elements essential for communities interested in implementing coastal and waterfront smart growth.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is a Health Association society for environmental health professionals. NEHA has case studies on land use planning and design projects that specifically integrate environmental health.
U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM)
- The U.S. Conference of Mayors task force on brownfields
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s EPA’s) Brownfields
- EPA has funding, guidance, success stories, state and tribal response programs, technical assistance, and brownfields law resources.
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
- USGBC is a nonprofit entity that developed a system for rating green buildings called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry