Posted on Sep 09, 2025 | News,Press Releases
Keep Louisiana Beautiful Awards $174,509 in Healthy Communities Grants to 20 Organizations in 17 Parishes
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) announce the 2025-2026 recipients of the KLB Healthy Communities Grants (HCG) program. KLB awarded $174,509 in grant funding to 20 organizations in 17 parishes for projects focused on reducing litter and waste, educating citizens, increasing recycling, and/or strengthening litter enforcement.
“The people of Louisiana take great pride in where they live, and they deserve communities that are clean, safe, and welcoming,” said Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser. “These Healthy Communities Grants not only support local efforts to reduce litter, expand recycling, and educate citizens, but they also strengthen our economy and tourism industry. When we keep Louisiana beautiful, we create places where residents thrive, businesses grow, and visitors want to return again and again.”
“Thanks to the hard work of our grant recipients, communities throughout the state are experiencing a reduction in litter, improved recycling, and increased public awareness around the issues of litter and waste. Let’s keep up the momentum and continue to prioritize keeping Louisiana beautiful,” said Susan Russell, KLB Executive Director.
The HCG program provides funding for local projects and programs bringing about behavioral changes needed to improve the appearance of communities in Louisiana. Organizations are awarded up to $10,000 in reimbursement grant funds.
In 2025, KLB awarded $1.12 million in grant funding. Grant opportunities include the Greener Grounds Grant, Healthy Communities Grant, Community Affiliate Grant, University Affiliate Grant, Trash Receptacle Grant, Beautification Grant, Sheriff’s Grant, and Surveillance Camera Grant. Information on these grants can be found at KeepLouisianaBeautiful.org.
During the KLB State Conference from September 23-24 at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, KLB Grants Director Jan Windhorst will lead a session on KLB’s grant opportunities. Other beautification and community improvement topics are included in the agenda which can be viewed on the KLB State Conference webpage. Use the link to register to attend the conference to network, learn, and take ideas back to your community.
The 2025-2026 Healthy Communities Grant recipients by parish include:
Beauregard Parish
The Beauregard Parish Police Jury will host events for waste collection and engage K-12 schools with litter and waste education.
Bossier Parish
Keep Bossier Beautiful will extend a successful marketing and media campaign that promotes roadside litter prevention.
Caddo Parish
The Parish of Caddo will use funding to support the launch of the Caddo Litter Education and Awareness Program (CLEAP) that will address illegal dumping.
Shreveport Green will expand their citywide litter abatement efforts through strategic cleanups, community workshops, and outreach initiatives.
DeSoto Parish
Keep Desoto Beautiful will promote KLB’s “Put the Brakes on Litter” motorist education campaign and focus on media outreach.
East Baton Rouge Parish
BREC – Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge will remediate and deter illegal tire dumping at Monte Sano Park in North Baton Rouge by removing existing tires and installing a physical barrier along the roadway to prevent future dumping.
Iberia Parish
BeeThe1ToHelpSomeone will implement a six-month community-based litter prevention and environmental stewardship project through public engagement and youth outreach.
Lafayette Parish
Keep Carencro Beautiful will purchase cleanup supplies and a dedicated supply trailer to be used to improve waste management practices at community events and litter events throughout the year.
Louisiana Bayou Society will enhance its mission to clean up St. Martin Parish waterways with public outreach. They will create a website and print brochures to educate the public on the organization’s waterway cleanup efforts and recruit volunteers.
Lafourche Parish
The Friends of Bayou Lafourche will collaborate with local educators, environmental professionals, and artists to create the “Color the Bayou” Anti-Litter Education Coloring Book to be used throughout the local school system.
Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish will enhance their waste management practices through the implementation of a weekly litter abatement schedule with the Department of Public Works. They will also host a Tire Recycle Day and a Household Hazard Waste Disposal Day.
Orleans Parish
The French Quarter Management District’s Keep the Quarter Clean program will enhance the current public recycling drop-off program with Glass Half Full by supporting bin servicing, refreshing educational signage, and expanding outreach efforts to residents and businesses.
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Green will conduct a parish-wide educational media campaign focused on reducing litter. The campaign will raise public awareness for the environmental, economic, and social consequences of littering, and empower citizens with tools to act.
Rapides Parish
Glass Act Recycling will expand on its existing Yellow Bin program by purchasing an AFS-Mini Bottle Crusher that will assist with their efforts in handling increasing volume of incoming glass to be recycled.
St. Helena Parish
The St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office, along with parish volunteers and Angola inmates, will address an area in need of revitalization in the parish seat, the Town of Greensburg. The project will provide the prison with a metal panel fence and will include a donated mural and flowerbed.
St. John Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish will implement a weeklong environmental education and litter prevention campaign that will involve collaborative engagement with local K–8 schools to instill environmental stewardship, reduce litter, and promote community-wide behavioral change.
St. Tammany Parish
Keep Abita Beautiful will expand recycling options in Abita Springs. Mega bin stations will be placed at the Abita Trailhead Park, the Community Garden, Town Hall, and at the Recreation Center.
The St. Tammany Parish Government will implement the program, “Keep St. Tammany Beautiful Youth Clean-Up Initiative,” which will feature quarterly clean-up days for children aged 12 and over.
Terrebonne Parish
The Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation will conduct a public art and environmental education initiative that will involve designing and painting storm drain murals that raise awareness of stormwater pollution, water quality, and marine debris prevention.
Washington Parish
The Washington Parish Government will organize and implement regular cleanup events across the parish, focusing on high-litter areas such as public parks, roadways, school zones, and community centers.
Grant projects are subject to change.
About Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) is a state program under the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism promoting personal, corporate, and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. KLB supports local communities through programs and resources for litter education, prevention, removal, enforcement, beautification, recycling, waste reduction, and sustainability initiatives. KLB is affiliated with the national organization, Keep America Beautiful, and is supported by a robust statewide network of Community Affiliates and University Affiliates. Learn more at KeepLouisianaBeautiful.org.
