Funds support environmental and climate justice initiatives across Washington state?





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*For immediate release:* August 19, 2024? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(24-101)

*Contact:* DOH Communications <[email protected]>

DOH awards more than $14 million of Climate Commitment Act funds to 41 community organizations and Tribes

Funds support environmental and climate justice initiatives across Washington state?

*OLYMPIA *? The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is awarding more than $14 million of Climate Commitment Act [ [link removed] ] funds to 41 community organizations and Tribes. Funds will focus on environmental justice and promote the health of communities disproportionally impacted by the harmful consequences of climate change.??

?Through the Climate Commitment Act, we are putting frontline communities at the heart of our climate justice initiatives,? said Lauren Jenks, Environmental Public Health assistant secretary. ?By funding projects that prioritize the voices and experiences within communities, we are addressing immediate environmental and health impacts related to climate change while also building lasting relationships based on trust and mutual respect."?

The *Climate and Health Adaptation Initiative (CHAI) Community Capacity Grant Program* [ [link removed] ] is awarding a total of $750,000 to the following eight frontline communities to support? local, grassroots climate justice projects:?


* African Community Housing and Development (South King County) [ [link removed] ]??
* Duwamish River Community Coalition (South Seattle) [ [link removed] ]??
* Fourth Plain Forward (Vancouver) [ [link removed] ]??
* Latino Community Fund (Yakima County) [ [link removed] ]??
* Gonzaga University Institute for Climate, Water, and Environment? [ [link removed] ] & The Carl Maxey Center (Spokane) [ [link removed] ]??
* Our Valley Our Future (Wenatchee) [ [link removed] ]??
* Suquamish Tribe (Suquamish) [ [link removed] ]??
* Young Women Empowered (South Seattle) [ [link removed] ]???

The *Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Capacity Grant* [ [link removed] ] program is awarding a total of $13.3 million to the following 27 community organizations and six Tribes. This grant builds capacity for Tribes and community organizations to provide guidance to state agencies and the Environmental Justice Council [ [link removed] ].?


* Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation [ [link removed] ]
* Samish Indian Nation [ [link removed] ]
* Suquamish Indian Tribe [ [link removed] ]
* Snoqualmie Tribe [ [link removed] ]
* Swinomish Indian Tribal Community [ [link removed] ]
* Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center [ [link removed] ] in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe and Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team
* Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association [ [link removed] ] fiscally sponsored by Seattle Parks Foundation [ [link removed] ]
* African Community Housing & Development [ [link removed] ]
* Alimentando al Pueblo [ [link removed] ]
* Asians for Collective Liberation (Spokane) [ [link removed] ]
* Asia Pacific Cultural Center [ [link removed] ]*
* Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition [ [link removed] ]/Technical Advisory Group (Duwamish River Community Coalition)
* ECOSS [ [link removed] ]
* Empowering Latina Leadership and Action [ [link removed] ]
* For the People [ [link removed] ]*
* Front & Centered [ [link removed] ]*
* Khmer Community of Seattle King County [ [link removed] ]
* Latino Community Fund of Washington [ [link removed] ]*
* Latinos en Spokane [ [link removed] ]
* Mother Africa [ [link removed] ]
* Na?ah Illahee Fund [ [link removed] ]*
* New American Alliance for Policy and Research [ [link removed] ]
* Nuestras Raices Centro Comunitario [ [link removed] ]
* Pacific Islander Health Board of Washington [ [link removed] ]
* Puget Sound Sage [ [link removed] ]
* Semillero de Ideas [ [link removed] ]
* Serve Ethiopians Washington [ [link removed] ]
* Southwest Washington Regional Health Alliance/Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health [ [link removed] ]*
* Surge Reproductive Justice [ [link removed] ]
* Unkitawa [ [link removed] ]
* Villa Comunitaria [ [link removed] ]
* Wakulima USA [ [link removed] ]
* Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders [ [link removed] ]*?

*Recipients with an asterisk receive passthrough funds, which are distributed to additional organizations. A list of HEAL recipients? project descriptions is available on DOH?s website [ [link removed] ].??

Both HEAL and CHAI recognized the importance of equity and collaboration. The grant application process for both HEAL and CHAI was done in partnership with community members dedicated to environmental justice. The CHAI program recruited the community to evaluate grant applications. The HEAL program established a community advisory committee to develop the grant application and process, as well as score the applications from community-based organizations. All Tribes who applied for HEAL funds were awarded. However, HEAL is still accepting grant applications [ [link removed] ] for any federally recognized Tribes until October 31, 2024.??

CHAI and HEAL grant programs are supported with funding from the Climate Commitment Act (CCA). The CCA supports Washington?s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov [ [link removed] ].?

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