This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA)

The agreement provides funding to chelan county natural resource program (ccnrp). Specifically, this project implements previously identified priorities from regional climate action planning to establish a new climate change, health, and equity program at the chelan-douglas health district; enhance and harmonize disaster preparedness and response procedures for smoke events across jurisdictions with direct stakeholder involvement; and expand CBO-led wildfire and smoke outreach, including a low-cost sensor network and box fan filter distribution program.activities:the major activities associated with the project are 1) empowering regional 'climate change, health and equity' leadership at the chelan-douglas health district (cdhd); 2) building capacity in underserved communities to engage with local government and enact community-led climate resiliency projects, specifically wildfire and smoke preparedness; 3) expand successes to other rural washington state health districts to replicate programs that can improve climate resiliency and health equity.subrecipient:#9679; wenatchee community for the advancement of family and education (cafe). Cafe is extensively connected and trusted by this project's spanish-speaking hispanic communities, and will support their participation in the community stakeholder taskforce (activity 1) and case study development and regional meeting (activity 3), as well as deliver a number of trainings as described in activity 2. #9679; chelan-douglas health district (cdhd). This project aligns with a number of cdhd activities to improve disaster preparedness and response, especially for vulnerable communities. Cdhd will play a strong leadership role on this project as IT strengthens its operational capacity to engage with vulnerable communities on smoke-readiness programs. IT will develop, describe and publicly report on a climate, health and equity program, lead regional public health disaster planning, help with the oversight of the box fan filter and purple air quality monitor distribution program, and lead most of activity 3 - developing, convening and sharing case studies. #9679; clean air methow (cam)/resilient methow(RM)/methow valley citizens council (mvcc). Cam and RM are projects of mvcc and work to build smoke-readiness and implement climate action priorities in okanogan county. Cam has a ten year history of working to improve air quality and protect health through extensive partnerships, a highly successful purple air network hosted by clean air ambassadors, a woodstove replacement program, and robust communication and outreach activities to protect communities against wildfire smoke, including an air cleaner distribution program for vulnerable households. Cam will work closely with cafe to share this experience and practical knowledge, as well as participate on the community stakeholder taskforce and in the smoke disaster exercises and final meeting. RM helps facilitate the implementation of the methow valley climate action plan, including priorities to build 'smoke-ready communities' and climate resilience for vulnerable populations. RM will participate on the community stakeholder taskforce as well. Outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include: #9642; annual report from climate change, health and equity team at the cdhd describing scope, priorities and accomplishments. #9642; smoke disaster preparedness and response plans for okanogan, chelan, douglas counties, as well as WA region 7 #9642; a robust, culturally-relevant, six module curriculum on wildfire and smoke preparedness in spanish and english. #9642; nine community-led smoke-ready outreach events in hispanic and tribal communities where alianza ambiental cohort trainings took place. #9642; at least four community-led alianza ambiental planning committees within vulnerable hispanic and tribal communities.