Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R HQ CCIA 23
The Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding opportunity created under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. It is part of a larger, nationwide $27 billion effort to expand access to financing for clean energy and other clean technology projects, with the broader aims of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving public health, lowering energy costs, creating quality jobs, and strengthening U.S. economic competitiveness and energy security. Within that overall $27 billion program, EPA structured three related competitions: a $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund to finance clean technology deployment at a national scale, a $7 billion Solar for All program focused on distributed solar that lowers bills for low-income and disadvantaged households, and this $6 billion CCIA program focused specifically on clean technology deployment in low-income and disadvantaged communities while also strengthening the community finance ecosystem that serves them.
CCIA is designed as a capacity-building and capital-mobilization program rather than a traditional project-by-project grant for end users. The central idea is to fund a small number of "hub" nonprofit entities that can rapidly channel resources and know-how into established networks of local lenders. EPA expects to make awards to between 2 and 7 hub nonprofits. These hubs are intended to provide both funding and technical assistance to networks of community lenders so that more communities, including those historically left out of mainstream finance, can access affordable capital to implement clean technology projects. The envisioned end uses of that capital span homes, small businesses, schools, and community institutions, reflecting a goal of reaching everyday community-scale needs rather than only large infrastructure developments.
A major emphasis of the CCIA program is directing investment into low-income and disadvantaged communities and simultaneously increasing the operational and technical capacity of the lenders working in those places. The lenders supported through these hub networks can include community development financial institutions (CDFIs), including Certified Native CDFIs, as well as credit unions, green banks, housing finance agencies, minority depository institutions, and other public, quasi-public, nonprofit, or not-for-profit community lending organizations. By strengthening these lenders, the program aims to leave behind durable local financing capability that can continue to support clean technology deployment beyond the initial federal award period, helping ensure that every community has a pathway to capital for clean upgrades.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is a discretionary EPA competition (Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R-HQ-CCIA-23) in the environment funding activity category, listed under CFDA number 66.957. EPA indicated it would use grants and/or cooperative agreements as the funding instruments. The total funding amount (award ceiling) associated with the opportunity is $6,000,000,000, with an anticipated 2 to 7 awards. The opportunity record shows a creation date of July 14, 2023, and an original closing date of October 12, 2023. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full notice, but the core structure makes clear that the primary awardees are expected to be hub nonprofits capable of managing large-scale funding distribution and technical assistance across lender networks.
In practical terms, CCIA sits at the intersection of climate policy and community finance: it is meant to accelerate real-world clean technology deployment by fixing a common bottleneck in underserved areas, which is not just technology availability, but access to affordable, trusted, locally relevant financing and support. The program is built to scale through intermediaries, using hub nonprofits to reach community lenders, and community lenders to reach households and institutions, so that clean energy and emissions-reducing technologies can be financed and adopted where they are needed most.Apply for EPA R HQ CCIA 23
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.957.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 14, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 12, 2023. (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 $6,000,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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