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

The agreement provides funding to the county of LOS angeles. Specifically, the LOS angeles county public works (public works) will proposes the climate ready communities (CRC) to conduct outreach within LOS angeles county and develop a CRC roadmap to build resilience and adaptive capacity for people, communities, and infrastructure that are vulnerable to climate risk. Public works will work with council for watershed health (CWH), community-based organizations (cbos), and a tribal partner to leverage their local expertise and experience to provide meaningful public engagement and seek input and feedback from climate-vulnerable communities in LOS angeles county. The cbos and the tribal partner (collectively called CRC collaborative) are trusted in their communities of focus and have a long-standing history of engagement and climate resiliency work. The outreach and engagement activities will focus on building intentional partnerships between public works, local cbos, and a tribe in their communities of focus. These partnerships will also lead to a wider lasting impact of helping residents understand their risks, build personal and community preparedness plans, and access resources related to climate risk. The CRC roadmap will identify specific infrastructure solutions and adaptation strategies to accelerate adaptive capacity, including preparing residents for community-specific risks to minimize climate vulnerability and quickly recover from climate disasters such as extreme heat, wildfire, extreme precipitation and inland flooding, coastal flooding, and drought. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000. Activities:the activities include a. Project activities project management activity 1: track progress and evaluate EJG2G grant outcomes (ongoing) tasks #9679; task 1.1 financial and BI-annual progress reports #9675; public works will submit financial and BI-annual progress reports to the US EPA. #9675; the CRC collaborative (CBO and tribal partners) will track progress and evaluate EJG2G grant outcomes and submit financial and quarterly progress reports to CWH. #9675; CWH will support public works with preparing all required summary reports, financial reporting, and annual reports. #9679; task 1.2 invoicing #9675; all project partners (public works, CWH, and all CBO and tribal partners) will submit invoices and maintain up-to-date financial records and budget tracking. #9675; CWH will coordinate and compile quarterly invoices from CBO and tribal partners for public works. #9679; task 1.3 final report #9675; public works will submit the final report to the US EPA. #9675; the CRC collaborative will submit a final report to CWH summarizing project outcomes, engagement activities conducted, data gathered, and community-identified solutions. #9675; CWH will support public works with preparing the final report. Community education and outreach activity 2: partnership development (ongoing) tasks #9679; task 2.1 participate in annual partnership-wide meetings. #9675; all project partners will attend annual partnership-wide meetings to discuss the CRC roadmap and project progress. Partnership-wide meetings will also serve as an opportunity to advance relationship-building between public works, CWH, and the CRC collaborative. #9679; task 2.2 team meetings #9675; CWH and the CRC collaborative will participate in BI-monthly team meetings to provide input and identify desired outcomes of the CRC process. #9679; task 2.3 ongoing partnership development between project partners #9675; CWH will connect CBO and tribal partners working in the same communities of focus to ensure their education, outreach, and engagement efforts are coordinated. #9675; CWH will coordinate and facilitate trust-building among all partners. #9675; the CRC collaborative will CON