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Page 4 of 36 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To the best of my knowledge and belief all information and data in this application is true and current. <br /> <br />Signature: August 14, 2023 <br /> <br /> Applicant’s Authorized Signatory Date <br />USS is requesting OCCCA grant funding to create a Green Infrastructure Workforce Development Apprenticeship <br />Program for underserved youth and to fund 40% of the installation cost of Green Infrastructure on single family <br />residences that are in neighborhoods that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental <br />Justice Program has designated as underserved and low income. <br /> <br />We are seeking funding from OCCCA to pay stipends to 10 Orange-County public-school teachers ($800/per) and their <br />2023-24 students, 50 in total ($220/per) to administer and obtain after-school green-jobs training by job shadowing <br />with Environmental Contractors who will be installing rain-gardens, rain-harvesting cisterns, riparian buffers, and other <br />sustainable stormwater “best management practices” (BMP’s) on underserved/low-income properties suffering from <br />flooding and erosion issues in Orange County. Note that the curriculum specifically targets students who have not <br />performed at grade level in math and sciences; and that, based on direct past experience (see <br />https://www.nacdnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NACD-2017-Denver-Durham.pdf), this hands-on curriculum <br />leads to improved student performance in traditional STEM curricula and improves environmental literacy and <br />stewardship. <br /> <br />This year we’ve received funding from the NC DEQ 319 NPS Grant Program supported by the Environmental Protection <br />Agency ($120,000). This funding only covers 60% of Green Infrastructure installation; thus, we are requesting $30,000 <br />of OCCCA funds to cover the remaining 40% so that practices can be installed on low income properties. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 2C2F66C4-424F-4660-AF8A-A623B6D7194E