This project recognizes the link between greenhouse gas pollution, climate change, and summit county, colorado's most vulnerable residents

By providing funding to hire a bilingual clean energy coordinator, develop a culturally relevant spanish clean energy and energy efficiency marketing campaign, and host bilingual clean energy educational events, a regional source reduction assistance grant from EPA will support local environmental justice efforts by engaging disproportionately impacted community members in programs that prevent greenhouse gas emissions. Priority outcomes include increasing access to home energy efficiency programs and providing needed education and outreach about renewable energy and electric vehicles. Through this work, they will empower underserved community members to participate in these pollution prevention activities, resulting in decreased greenhouse gas emissions. The scope includes providing clean energy and energy efficiency education and technical assistance to residents of summit county, CO, with a focus on residents who live in communities that are defined as disproportionately impacted (DI) by the state of colorado's environmental justice mapping tool, enviroscreen. Activities:description of the technical assistance beneficiaries: the proposed project will leverage existing resources and increase participation among low-income and spanish-speaking residents by hiring a bilingual clean energy coordinator to provide culturally relevant, bilingual clean energy education and home energy efficiency coaching. They will provide 20 free home energy assessments to households in DI neighborhoods that earn up to 120% of the area median income. They'LL also cover the cost of 10 energy efficiency and/or renewable energy improvements up to $5,000 per home. In addition, they'LL host 8 bilingual clean energy events during which they'LL promote low-cost, do-IT-yourself energy efficiency measures and give away 400 led bulbs. Electric vehicles are another important tool for reducing greenhouse gas pollution. This project will also include electric vehicle (EV) outreach and education targeted to low-income and spanish-speaking residents. Many residents in DI neighborhoods aren't familiar with EVS and have misconceptions about range, charging availability, and cost. Moreover, most multi-family buildings in summit county lack EV charging infrastructure, leaving residents without convenient access to charging. To increase EV education, they'LL include information about electric vehicle incentives and resources in the clean energy workshops mentioned above. They'LL also host at least two electric vehicle charging workshops for property managers and homeowners' associations representing multifamily buildings located in DI neighborhoods.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:expenditure of awarded grant funds HC3 has organizational systems in place to effectively manage federal government grants. HC3 uses quickbooks for bookkeeping, allowing US to accurately track all grant-related expenses. HC3's executive director, jennifer schenk, has more than 15 years of leadership experience in both the nonprofit and private industry sectors. HC3 staff also has project management expertise, with systems to track milestones and key deliverables for all our programs. HC3 is governed by a board of directors and completes third-party financial audits annually. C. Outputs and outcomes outputs - 8 marketing campaign materials created (includes flyers, print and radio ADS, social media stories, gifs, videos) - 10 clean energy/energy efficiency events held in disproportionately impacted communities - 10 home energy upgrade projects completed - 20 home energy audits completed - 250 individuals participating in clean energy/energy efficiency events - 400 led bulbs distributed and inst