| Agency |
Sub-Agency |
Funding Request |
| Department of the Interior (DOI) |
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$25 million for the Every Kid Outdoors (EKO) program to expand youth outdoor access and support outdoor learning for:
-Program staffing for the National Park Service, state park agencies and park-adjacent youth-serving nonprofit organizations, with priority for supporting public-private partnerships that provide open space and environmental education for school districts to conduct classes outdoors.
-Transportation costs, including transporting students to public lands and supplementing park agency and nonprofit organizations’ transportation budgets. |
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National Park Service (NPS) |
$130 million for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program to create new outdoor recreation opportunities for larger urban communities in particular, increasing access to quality open spaces and facilitating the development of outdoor recreation partnerships.
$100 million for Youth Programs, supporting NPS staff and park-adjacent organizations to provide underserved youth their first outdoor experience.
$13.5 million for the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program to bring the expertise of over a century of land management to the greater recreation community. |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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$10 million for the National Environmental Education Act (NEEA), which provides people from all backgrounds with skills for practical applications for science, technology, engineering and math to make informed decisions, protect their health, build strong communities and take responsible action. |
| Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
$5 million for the Drowning Prevention Program at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) to prevent drownings, the leading cause of accidental deaths among our youngest children (ages 0-4). |
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Division of Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity (DNPAO) |
Support $125 million in increased funding for CDC’s DNPAO, which partners with national, state and local organizations to advance physical activity and obesity prevention initiatives including: State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (SPAN), Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH), the High Obesity Program (HOP) and the Active People Healthy Nation Initiative (APHN). |
| Department of Commerce (DOC) |
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
$8 million for the Bay-Watershed Educationand Training (B-WET) program to provide increased watershed education for students in K-12 education.
$8 million for the Environmental Literacy Grant (ELG) program to provide additional resources to assist communities in increasing environmental literacy. |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) |
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$1 billion for the Better Utilizing Investments to Lead Development (BUILD), which funds multi-modal and active transportation projects that significantly enhance safety, walkability and no-motorized mobility in local communities.
Ensure that any transportation funds provided to state departments of transportation include funding for the Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) or TA set-aside. |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
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$4.2 billion for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, grants from which support local development activities for neighborhood revitalization, economic development and improvement of community facilities, such as parks and recreation. |
| US Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
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$12.1 million for Farm to School Grant Program. This program, which has funded over 7,000 schools and has reached more than 2.5 million students, supports a wide range of activities, from training, planning and developing partnerships to creating new menu items, establishing supply chains, offering taste tests to children, purchasing equipment, planting school gardens and organizing field trips to agricultural operations. |
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US Forest Service (USFS) |
$4 million for the Community Forest and Open Space (CFP) Program to complement existing conservation programs by helping communities and tribes identify, purchase and manage locally important forestlands threatened with development.
$40 million for the Urban and Community Forestry (U&CF) Program to continue serving more than 200 million people in more than 7,700 communities across the U.S. through the development and maintenance of local urban forestry programs, increasing nearby nature access to forests and trees.
$1 million in renewed funding for the “More Kids in the Woods” program to focus support and attention on critical youth outreach work. |
| Department of Education (DOE) |
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$1.35 billion for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, a critical source of funding for many local afterschool and summer learning programs, including those hosted outdoors by schools and park and recreation agencies. |
