EPN is focused on building the capacity of enviromental agencies and the communties they serve to truly address the most urgent health and enviromental crises- including climate change and enviromental injustices. EPN works to ensure that EPA advances policies, budgets, and institutional changes to address public health needs. EPN provides capacity-building technical assistance and training to communites of color and low-income communites;non-profit organizations and under-resourced state, local and tribal goverment agencies. EPN recruits underrepresented populations to work at the EPA. EPN educates Congress and serve as a critical resource for facts, objective analysis and scientific rigor for reporters and other strategic partners.