This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to bayview hunters point community advocates

The recipient project is focused on the bayview-hunters point community of SAN francisco CA. The immediate outcome of this two-year initiative will be the development of an environmental justice policy platform, grounded in the neighborhood's own lived experiences and community science - documentation and mapping of environmental toxic exposures and adverse health effects to past and present residents and workers, building an accessible library of local environmental issues, potential mitigation measures, and substantive policy changes. The project connects multiple community-led efforts into a larger, cohesive program of pollution reduction, public health advocacy, and neighborhood empowerment. A major result of the program will be the development of new cadres of trained and experienced community environmental health activists, including youth advocates. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $500,000. Pre-award costs have been approved back to 3/1/2024. Activities:the activities include hiring a program coordinator, complete MOU's with collaborative partners, develop training materials for staff, prepare for program launches and design youth trainings. Subrecipient:3RD street youth center and clinic, will establish a youth advocates program under this initiative, training and mentoring our next generation of community leaders, giving them a foundation of skills in advocacy, data analysis, and community outreach. We will CO-develop environmental justice and policy curricula, strategize interventions, draft evidence-based policy recommendations, and jointly develop educational materials to support lasting collaboration among the partners. SF BAY physicians for social responsibility will lead and support a series of trainings on various topics including public health impacts of exposures and how to interpret data. They will create educational materials based on the public health impacts of exposures found through ground truthing and any information resulted in the AB 617 process. Outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include sign in sheers, training materials, meeting reports, policy proposals, draft ARC GIS map and updated data findings. The expected outcomes include increase in community capacity and access to policy making tools, secc and youth curriculum implemented. Toxic index data collected and analyzed, youth program presents data analysis to secc and AB617 steering committee. Secc and youth interact with state representatives through state legislative day and present concerns and policy ideas, and increased community capacity in policy advocacy and knowledge in environmental justice. Updated toxic index data. Developed coordination and strengthened relationships with project partners, AB 617 CSC, state legislators and the D10 supervisors' office. The intended beneficiaries include the community of the BAY view hunters point.