EPA is launching a new grant program to help communities understand and reduce the risk of exposure to toxic chemicals. Through Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE), EPA is offering communities financial and technical assistance to reduce releases of toxic pollutants and minimize exposure to them. Communities will be empowered to create local collaborative partnerships to identify sources of toxic exposure and set priorities for risk reduction. Communities also will have access to tools from EPA's voluntary programs that focus on reducing exposure to toxic pollutants, such as programs that reduce emissions from diesel engines, clean abandoned industrial sites, improve the indoor environment in schools, and use pollution prevention to protect drinking water supplies. CARE will offer funding at two levels. Under Level I, communities will receive approximately $75,000 to establish collaborative partnerships for reducing toxic releases in their environment. Level II offers