The agreement provides funding to multnomah county health department

The recipient will work in partnership with friends of trees, latino network, slavic community center of northwest (NW), the blueprint foundation, and the city of gresham to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions through replacing heating and cooling systems, improving indoor air quality, and increasing shade. Recognizing that people living in multi- family housing are some of the most impacted, project activities include resources for this population. The recipient will work with community based organizations to increase education and resources for community members to respond to climate change. Activities:multnomah county, in partnership with the city of gresham, friends of trees, latino network, the blueprint foundation, and the slavic community center of NW will work to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions and improve indoor air quality through replacing household heating and cooling systems, improving air quality through community-led air pollution monitoring, and leading tree planting events to increase shade and environmental benefits. The indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring program will also serve as an opportunity for green jobs training and development as the blueprint foundation will train black youth to build, install, and collect data from cost-effective air quality monitoring devices. Recognizing that people living in multi-family housing are some of the most impacted, project activities include increasing access to resources for this population. Multnomah county will work with community based organizations and community health workers (CHW) to develop a climate and environmental justice CHW training curriculum to increase knowledge and resources for community members to respond to climate change and environmental health burdens.subrecipient:friends of trees will organize tree planting events with community members, identify street tree locations for planting, engage neighbors and other volunteers to plant trees, provide trees and tools needed for plantings. Latino network will share climate resiliency knowledge and resources with the community through CHW and other staff, recruit community members to participate in the project's tree planting and home energy efficiency activities, share information from the community with multnomah county for inclusion in CHW training and development of community-informed resiliency policies and strategies, potentially provide spanish language version of project's CHW training. Slavic community center of NW will share climate resiliency knowledge and resources with the community through CHW and other staff, recruit community members to participate in the project's tree planting and home energy efficiency activities, share information from the community with multnomah county for inclusion in CHW training and development of community-informed resiliency policies and strategies. The blueprint foundation will conduct community-led air quality monitoring and tree monitoring combined with youth workforce development; recruit community members to participate in the project's tree planting and home energy efficiency activities. The city of gresham will continue partnerships with friends of trees and the blueprint foundation for tree planting and tree care; share information about the project, including both available resources and knowledge about climate-change resiliency strategies, to gresham residents.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include: development of climate resilience and environmental justice (crandej) training adapted and translated for multiple racial and ethnic communities. At least 44 community health workers will complete the training and provide resources for climate resilience and environmental justice to at least 4,650 community members, and also share information from community members with the county i