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

The agreement provides funding to SAN joaquin valley air pollution control district (sjvuapcd). Specifically, the recipient will build outreach and community engagement capacity in grassroots organizations throughout the sjvuapcd, and work with these organizations to provide free residential air purifier devices to 3,700 residents living in disadvantaged communities throughout the valley. This cooperative agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000.00. Pre-award costs are approved back to 4/1/2024. Activities:the activities include helping underserved populations understand how to participate in protecting their communities through clean air initiatives. The district plans to provide subawards to up to six (6) local grassroots community based organizations to conduct outreach and education to residents living in the valley's most overburdened communities. These partners will become the district's first ever clean air program ambassadors (capas), which will equip these groups with the necessary tools, resources, and support to provide needed outreach information to affected communities, CO-create multilingual outreach materials regarding district programs, and help residents in their respective communities sign up to receive a free air purifier from the district. Working with the capas, the district proposes to use the environmental justice government to government (EJG2G) grant award to support the district's clean air rooms program, which will provide up to 3,700 free, off-the-shelf residential air filtration devices to eligible families living within any disadvantaged community in the SAN joaquin valley air basin, as defined by the top 75 percentile nationwide for the 'environmental justice (EJ) index for PM2.5' on EPA's EJ screen tool.subrecipient:this grant includes subawards, environmental justice coalition for water - community-based organization (CBO) based in stockton, california. Ejcw works to connect disadvantaged community partners to their network of partners and agencies statewide. They organize and educate on the front lines in the northern SAN joaquin valley, and across the state, as well as advocating and counseling behind-the scenes. Their aim is to effectively influence the intersections of water justice and environmental justice, community health, and human rights issues from community to global levels. Binational of central california - CBO serving the entire SAN joaquin valley. Bocc's mission is to serve the limited- english proficient, farmworker, low to moderate income rural communities. In 2022, they collaborated with nonprofit organizations across the valley and successfully hosted 142 health and resource fairs serving these rural populations. With resources across the valley, binational of central california is best positioned to perform outreach and access to clean air programs across multiple counties in the district. Fresno street saints - CBO based in southwest fresno, a community within the city of fresno where hispanic and black residents make up more than 70% of the population. This organization works with community youth through heath, nutrition, community advocacy, public policy, financial literacy, and education programs. Their programs provide healthy, safe spaces and outlets for community youth in this historically underserved community. Centro LA familia - CBO based in fresno county. This organization provides a broad range of programs designed to assist crime victims, support families and children, promote health and wellness, and encourage civic engagement through outreach, advocacy and education services to those in need. With a focus on linguistically isolated farmworker communities, centro LA familia is uniquely placed to provide needed health and air quality information to hard-to-reach populations in the nation