Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R3 CBP 21 01
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO), released a Fiscal Year 2021 Request for Proposals to fund coordinated support for key Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) advisory bodies that bring resident and local government perspectives into Bay restoration and conservation work across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The opportunity is designed to strengthen representation, inclusion, and engagement in the CBP partnership by ensuring that community voices and local elected leaders have organized, well-supported ways to advise decision-makers and help shape implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
This funding opportunity (EPA R3 CBP 21 01) is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement under CFDA 66.466 (Environment). EPA anticipated making two awards, with a maximum award ceiling listed at $4,650,000. Applications were originally due January 29, 2021 (with the announcement noting that applicants should verify final close-date details in Section IV of the full notice). Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" and requires consultation of the funding announcement's eligibility section for clarification, suggesting the competition may be open to certain nonprofit, academic, intergovernmental, or other qualified entities capable of providing programmatic coordination and stakeholder engagement support.
The work to be funded covers two separate support activities that together coordinate three groups within the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership. The first activity centers on the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), which represents the perspectives of watershed residents and stakeholders. The CAC has been part of the Bay cleanup effort since 1984 and serves as a structured, non-governmental voice that advises the broader CBP partnership on restoration priorities, policies, and how CBP actions affect people who live and work throughout the watershed. In practical terms, this kind of support typically involves organizing meetings, facilitating input and consensus building, maintaining communications and outreach, and ensuring resident concerns and ideas are effectively conveyed into CBP planning and decision processes.
The second activity focuses on local government engagement through support for both the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and the Local Leadership Workgroup (LLWG). The LGAC is made up of local elected officials and is intended to ensure that county, municipal, and other local government perspectives are heard by state and federal partners involved in Chesapeake Bay restoration. Its mission emphasizes two-way communication: sharing the on-the-ground realities, needs, and insights of local governments with higher-level decision-makers, while also improving information flow among local governments about watershed health, restoration expectations, and opportunities to participate. A central purpose of the LGAC is to increase local government involvement in implementing actions that restore and protect the Bay and to help advance the outcomes set out in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
The LLWG, established in 2014 following the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, is more explicitly capacity-building in nature. Its role is to deliver the Agreement's "local leadership" outcome, which calls for continually increasing local officials' knowledge and capacity on water resource issues and on economic and policy incentives that can support local conservation actions. The LLWG is responsible for developing and carrying out the local leadership management strategy and for maintaining the related logic and action plan, meaning it is oriented toward structured leadership development, practical learning, and the tools local leaders need to implement conservation and restoration measures in their jurisdictions.
Overall, the grant opportunity is about providing the staffing, coordination, facilitation, and engagement infrastructure that allows these three advisory bodies to function effectively and consistently. By supporting the CAC, LGAC, and LLWG, EPA is investing in the governance and participation side of Chesapeake Bay restoration: ensuring residents have a meaningful channel to influence the partnership, ensuring local elected officials have a formal advisory seat, and ensuring local leaders have ongoing opportunities to build expertise and capacity to carry out watershed restoration commitments.Apply for EPA R3 CBP 21 01
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2021 Request for Proposals for Citizens Advisory Committee, Local Government Advisory Committee, and Local Leadership Workgroup Support" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.466.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 14, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 29, 2021 See Section IV of the funding opportunity announcement for close date information.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,650,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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