Empower communities by providing critical services to community organizations
Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- 98T65801
- Recipient
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San Diego State University Foundation UEI H59JKGFZKHL7
- Awarding agency
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EPA Region 9
Regional Offices, Environmental Protection Agency
- Obligated
- $8,100,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 66.309 Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training and Special Purpose Activities Relating to Environmental Justice
- Completion date
- Place of performance
- San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Description
- The purpose of this project is to empower communities by providing critical services to community organizations. These services will expand participants' capacity to meet community-defined priorities and participate meaningfully in decision-making processes, focusing specifically on underserved, rural, remote, tribal, indigenous, and pacific island communities across EPA region 9. The goal/mission is to leverage and strengthen community assets by creating an accessible in-person and virtual community that builds capacity and provides technical assistance in energy and environmental justice centered around four unifying objectives: 1) outreach and partnership building, 2) development of resources, 3) transfer of knowledge and building community capacity, 4) evaluation, adaptation, and innovation. The hub of the thriving communities technical assistance centers (tctac) will be based in a physical and virtual center at SAN diego state university (sdsu) called the center for community energy and environmental justice. Hub partners will work to coordinate activities in their area(s) of expertise across all of EPA region 9 and will facilitate CO-production, CO-development, sharing , transfer, and delivery of both process and content among spoke partners and community partners for environmental programs (air, water, waste, energy, toxics) and grantsmanship. Spoke partners will lead on delivering services (in person and virtually) to eligible community organizations, building and expanding on their existing eligible community organizations in their network and identifying and connecting with new community organizations, supporting community engagement and capacity building. Hub partners include: sdsu community climate action network, environmental protection network, USD energy policy initiative center, ASU energy and society, institute for tribal environmental professionals, and center for creative land recycling. Spoke partners include: climate science alliance (CA), public health alliance (CA), arizona state univ school of sustainability (AZ), desert research institute (NV), pacific risa (HI, as), and univ of guam center for island sustainability (guam). This agreement provides partial federal funding in the amount of $4,000,000. Pre-award costs are approved back to 6/1/2023. Refer to terms and conditions.activities:sdsu tctac's mission is to leverage and strengthen community assets by creating an accessible in-person and virtual community that builds capacity and provides technical assistance in energy and environmental justice centered around four unifying objectives: 1) outreach and partnership building, 2) development of resources, 3) transfer of knowledge and building community capacity, 4) evaluation, adaptation, and innovation. Activities include convening tctac hubs and spokes meetings. Conducting needs assessments starting with communities where tctac partners. Develop outreach collateral (i.e. logo, website, communication channels, etc). Release of communication materials to spokes to customize and enhance outreach. Increasing community footprint receiving technical assistance 5-10%. Develop community knowledge portal. Hubs will compile existing information on grantsmanship, energy justice (ENJ), and environmental justice (EJ) to share. Hub teams will work with spoke partners and community stakeholders to CO-produce new materials to meet partner needs with continuous roll-out as new resources are completed. Conduct annual intra-tctac training on workplace conduct, microaggressions, and the tenets of deia. Convene community training events and workshops, one-on-one services, community knowledge portal providing technical assistance on environmental programs (air, water, energy, waste, toxics). Service delivery tracking and feedback efforts. Conduct monthly intra-tctac coordination calls. Submit required reports to EPA. Participate in EPA regional and national meetings and symposiums.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | |
| Amendment | $3,000,000 | |
| Amendment | $1,100,000 | |
| Original award | $4,000,000 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| University Of Guam | $268,520 | |
| Environmental Protection Network | $261,611 | |
| University Of San Diego | $272,200 | |
| Public Health Institute | $191,257 | |
| Nevada System Of Higher Education | $254,627 | |
| California Wildlife Foundation | $344,141 | |
| Northern Arizona University | $299,172 | |
| Center For Creative Land Recycling | $187,072 | |
| Arizona State University | $600,000 |
Quick answers
Who received award 98T65801?
98T65801 was awarded to San Diego State University Foundation by EPA Region 9 (Regional Offices) on June 1, 2023.
How much is award 98T65801 worth?
$8,100,000 has been obligated on 98T65801.
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