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34 | Page January 1 7 I ssueU.S. EPA & Federal Funding Opportunities Updated December 2024 You can view the listing of current EPA federal funding opportunities here. Please explore the programs that interest you and could help efforts for your communities.One newly announced grant program is the Grantmakers program. This is a funding opportunity intended for local governments and non-profits to address a wide array of concerns in their communities with reduced grants management/oversight duties. It is designed to help significantly ease the burden of federal funding awards for smaller communities with limited resources. And %u2026lead-based paint contamination is specifically listed as a topic area for this grant. This could help communities that are not quite ready to take on a HUD grant.Region 7 Grantmaker Info: Region 7 Grantmaker: Cultivating Healthy Environments | US EPARegion 7 NOFO: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM), Application GuideSave the Date: Grants 101The Hub will hold its first Grants 101 webinar on January 22, 2025, at 12pm in collaboration with the City of Topeka. This marks the beginning of a series of monthly webinars designed to assist participants in understanding the grant application process, grant management, and available funding opportunities. These webinars will aim to equip attendees with the necessary knowledge and tools to successfully navigate the world of grants, empowering individuals, and organizations to secure the funding they need for their projects and initiatives. The invite will be sent to our Constant Contact list. Please sign up for our newsletter.Commerce Launches New Quality of Place Grant for Rural RevitalizationLieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced the launch of the new Towns grant program. This program is an initiative designed to spur quality-of-place improvements in rural Kansas communities that have received no funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce in the past three years. This new opportunity will have $100,000 available for its first round of funding.The program provides grants that range from $1,000 to $10,000 to support small-scaled projects that will deliver meaningful results in rural communities, with a focus on increasing local capacity, fostering community and youth engagement, and mobilizing volunteers and local investment.Eligible applicants must represent a community with a population of 5,000 or less and that has received no Commerce funding in the preceding three years.