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Environmental Protection Agency-66.518 State Senior Environmental Employment Program
To use the talents of Americans 55 years of age or older to provide technical assistance to State environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control to achieve the Agency's goals of Clean Air; Clean and Safe Water; Land Preservation and Restoration; Healthy Communities and Ecosystems; and Compliance and Environmental Stewardship. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2011: The Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-313) authorized the Administrator of the EPA 'to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with private, nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.' These cooperative agreements are to utilize the talents of older Americans in temporary, full time or part time positions 'providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local environmental agencies for projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control.' 'Technical assistance' may include any activity performed for the State in support of its projects ranging from inspections of large capacity cesspools, to support for a State Environmental staff office. This allows for coverage of all types of SEE program positions from professional to clerical. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2012: ... read more at CFDA.gov.
- 2008: $350,000
- 2009: $570,000
- 2010: $478,500
† No obligations reported in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance