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

The agreement provides funding to SAN francisco environment department (SFE) to address indoor and outdoor air quality and concerns. This project will engage SAN francisco's communities with environmental justice (EJ) communities to recommend and implement community-led climate action and use this engagement to inform ongoing implementation of the city's climate action plan (cap). Program goals are to increase EJ communities' capacity to understand and act on climate change, improve government response and services, and ultimately improve health outcomes and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in EJ communities. Specifically, the recipient will 1) bring communities with EJ concerns together to identify climate action solutions and priorities appropriate to their communities; provide grants and incentives to community based organizations (cbos) and small businesses that serve EJ communities to implement climate justice projects and support their climate action; host a participatory health impact assessment (HIA) workshop focusing on the health effects of climate change and discuss incorporating these impacts into a future update of the city's racial and social equity assessment tool (rseat) to ensure they provide equitable benefits, avoid unintended consequences, and advance citywide racial, social, and health equity goals; assess the city's racial and social equity assessment tool's inclusion of components of the HIA and use the tool to assess future policies and projects to ensure they provide equitable benefits, avoid unintended consequences, and advance citywide racial, social, and health equity goals; engage and educate stakeholders on health and equity impacts of climate change and provide tools and technical assistance to mitigate climate change; and use community-driven solutions to inform and guide implementation of the city's EJ framework and updates to the general plan. This cooperative agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000.00. See terms and conditions. Supporting activities include workshops, listening sessions, and community engagement tools.activities:the activities are driven by 7 objectives comprised of the following activities. Objective 1 is to ensure that investment outlined in the general plan and california action plan reflect communities with EJ concerns and improve outcomes for black, indigenous, people of color (bipoc) and low-income communities. The project activities under objective one include conducting a series of listening sessions to understand residents' challenges and barriers related to climate action and use this to inform the city's general plan. These listening sessions will be held between october 2024 and march 2025. Objective 2 includes conducting a rapid health impact assessment (HIA) to inform decision making in climate policy and updates to the health section of the city's racial and social equity assessment tool (rseat) to ultimately improve health outcomes for residents of EJ communities. Specifically, this project activity includes selecting a climate-related policy or program on which to conduct rapid HIA. SFE in partnership with cbos and the community will decide on the scope of the assessment, including data to present to the community, affected groups/populations to include at the workshop, likely areas of health consequences and activities to conduct the assessment and recommendation phases at a community workshop. Use the rseat to support the assessment. Organizers will develop an event invitation ensuring objectives and outcomes and develop pre-survey; conduct the rapid HIA workshop focused on assessment and recommendation portion of HIA; post-meeting follow-up to capture stakeholder input on the assessment and recommendations; and revise existing the rseat based on findings and understand how the tool