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TCTAC May 2024 Update
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Purdue University Extension Community Development is leading a series of workshops through the Great Lakes Environmental Justice Technical Assistance Center in Indiana. This effort supports organizations and local governments in navigating federal funding opportunities to access resources for projects on topics such as enhancing community quality of life, clean energy, pollution cleanup, and green workforce development, among others.
Kara Salazar, assistant program leader for Purdue Extension Community Development and sustainable communities extension specialist, says, “These workshops support project efforts that are working to build local capacity. Participant groups can include chambers of commerce, community foundations, community and neighborhood-serving organizations, conservation-focused initiatives, health coalitions, and libraries and local government departments, along with others.”- Read more
The Purdue Extension Community Development newsletter will highlight monthly TCTAC funding, outreach, and training updates. Our TCTAC partner, Environmental Protection Network (EPN), shares funding opportunities and training resources on their website, newsletter, and notices.
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This month’s (May) highlighted grants from the Environmental Protection Network (EPN) can be found here.
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