Strengthening Transit Through Community PartnershipsFor more than 20 years, a modest amount of federal grant money has helped Chicago communities reduce asthma rates linked to secondhand smoke, protect students from harmful cleaning chemicals and educate low-income residents about lead poisoning. Such initiatives, which aim to protect residents of minority and low-income communities, are on the chopping block under President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget, which calls for a 31-percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency. Recently, the Center for Neighborhood Technology obtained EPA funding to design and test infrastructure in Chatham to improve storm water management and reduce flooding and water pollution.
