EJ in Massachusetts

State EJ Strategy

The Massachusetts EJ Strategy consists of initiatives and programs to advance environmental justice and equity across EEA and its agencies.

State EJ Objectives

Learn how Massachusetts defines environmental justice. Review the objectives and strategies to achieve environmental justice.

The EEA’s Environmental Justice Task Force includes points of contacts from various state agencies. Please contact them with any questions or concerns regarding EJ issues in MA.

State EJ Contacts

EEA’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Task Force is composed of staff that serve as EJ points of contact representing each EEA agency and office, in accordance with the requirements of EEA's Environmental Justice Policy

State EJ Community Engagement

Review Environmental Justice stakeholder comments, public involvement and engagement opportunities.

Sign up for EJ Updates

Get Environmental Justice Updates & Notices in Massachusetts.

State EJ Office

The Office of Environmental Justice and Equity serves all residents of the Commonwealth, in particular environmental justice populations who have been most overburdened and marginalized.

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Report an EJ Issue

The Massachusetts Federal Funds & Infrastructure Office is the lead agency within the Healey-Driscoll Administration tasked with implementing a whole of government approach to ensuring the Commonwealth can leverage the historic opportunities available for federal funding.

Review Environmental justice stakeholder comments, public involvement and engagement opportunities.

Review Environmental justice stakeholder comments, public involvement and engagement opportunities.

MA Federal Funding Coordination

Search EJ Data

Environmental Justice Dashboard to explore data on environmental exposures, community characteristics, and health burden — factors important to understanding and addressing environmental justice issues.

State Technical Assistance

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental's Office of Grants and Technical Assistance serves as a first stop for constituents seeking any sort of funding assistance.

Notable Federal Funding Managed By State & Local Government

State Community Development Block Grant

The Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant Program is a federally funded, competitive grant program designed to help cities and towns meet a broad range of community development needs.

MA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant

The Massachusetts Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) process aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maximize federal funding investment.

Notable Inflation Reduction Act Awards to Massachusetts

City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

Nonprofit Security Grant Program

Deadline: December 17, 2024, 3:00pm

This National Security Supplemental (NSS) program provides federal funding support for facility hardening and other physical and cyber security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high-risk of terrorist or other extremist attack. Review application.

A webinar will be held on December 9, 2024.

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