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Find similar grantsAccess Clean California Grant Solicitation FY 2023-2024 is sponsored by California Air Resources Board (CARB). This grant solicitation provides resources to nonprofits, community-based organizations, and similar grassroots organizations to help individuals in low-income and disadvantaged communities learn about, apply for, and participate in clean transportation and clean energy incentiv…
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Second Question and Answer Session, Addendum to Grant Solicitation, and Deadline Extension for Grant Solicitation for Access Clean California Project Second Question and Answer Session, Addendum to Grant Solicitation, and Deadline Extension for Grant Solicitation for Access Clean California Project California Air Resources Board sent this bulletin at 03/29/2024 02:03 PM PDT Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page .
Second Question and Answer Session, Addendum to Grant Solicitation, and Deadline Extension for Grant Solicitation for Access Clean California Project Second Q & A Session to be held on April 8, 2024 & Applications now accepted through April 24, 2024 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announces a second question and answer (Q&A) session and a deadline extension through April 24, 2024, for the competitive grant solicitation of $5 million from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 for a grantee to continue implementation of the Access Clean California project.
Additionally, an Addendum to the Grant Solicitation has been prepared to reflect these changes. Access Clean California is an existing, multi-faceted outreach effort that helps streamline access to California Climate Investments' consumer-facing, equity-focused clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs for low-income and disadvantaged communities.
Access Clean California provides resources to nonprofits, community-based organizations (CBO), and similar grassroots organizations to help individuals in low-income and disadvantaged communities learn about, apply for, and participate in clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs.
The solicitation includes the option at CARB’s discretion for new Grant Agreements for each of the following two fiscal years: FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26.
This competitive solicitation is open to federal, State, or local government entities or agencies, and California nonprofit organizations with expertise in building and maintaining key partnerships, effective outreach to underserved communities, and general knowledge of CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation Equity Projects. CARB must receive complete applications by no later than 11:59 pm (Pacific Time) on April 24, 2024 .
The Addendum to the grant solicitation and all associated documents can be found on CARB’s webpage at: In response to stakeholder feedback, CARB is scheduling a second Applicant Question and Answer (Q&A) session during the Solicitation period, in addition to the one that was held on March 21, 2024.
During the second Applicant Q&A session, which will be held on April 8, 2024, staff will answer clarifying questions regarding the Solicitation process, eligibility, and anything else related to the current Solicitation. Only written questions submitted via email on or before April 3, 2024 at 2:00 pm (PT) will be addressed. No verbal questions be will allowed or addressed at the second Q&A session.
Additionally, the chat function in Zoom will also be turned off. Time: 2:00 p. m.
– 3:00 p. m. (Pacific Time) Interested parties may email questions to: Nicholas Nairn-Birch at Nicholas.
Nairn-Birch@arb. ca. gov and cc: Tabetha Willmon at Tabetha.
Willmon@arb. ca. gov .
Staff will collect all questions and respond during the Q&A session. All answers provided during the Q&A session are draft; final responses will be posted on the CARB grant solicitations webpage within three working days after the session at the Low Carbon Transportation Investments and AQIP Grant Solicitations page. This Solicitation is focused on identifying a Grantee to continue implementing Access Clean California.
Access Clean California first began as a priority recommendation in CARB’s Low-income Barriers Study, Part B: Overcoming Barriers to Clean Transportation Access for Low-income Residents (SB 350 Guidance Document). Specifically, the third priority recommendation from the SB 350 Guidance Document is to develop regional “One-Stop-Shops” to increase consumer awareness and provide technical assistance.
The goal of this recommendation is to: Increase consumer awareness of State’s clean transportation and related clean energy incentive programs; Provide consumers technical assistance to apply for and participate in CARB clean transportation programs; and Focus on providing coordinated community-based outreach and education to maximize program participation and promote advanced technology vehicle adoption among low-income residents.
CARB first funded Access Clean California in FY 2017-18 with an allocation of $5 million from the Volkswagen Settlement Fund. Under the initial name, The One-Stop-Shop Pilot Project, CARB awarded this funding via a competitive solicitation to GRID Alternatives to administer the project.
CARB allocated additional funding in FY 2019-20 ($5 million), FY 2021-22 ($4 million), and FY 2022-2023 ($1 million), which brought the total funding awarded under the initial solicitation to $15 million. To implement a capacity building grant pilot project, CARB also allocated an additional $2 million to Access Clean California.
Working with CARB, GRID Alternatives used this funding to successfully initiate and complete the pilot phase of the project, and transition to a fully functioning project ready to scale up implementation.
This work focused on two main components of the projects: Building and supporting a statewide network of outreach partners (OP Network), and creating a streamlined, centralized application web tool called the Benefits Finder with supporting case management.
These components were designed to function together with the OP Network, leveraging their community knowledge and trust to conduct outreach and using the Benefits Finder to help community residents reach simplify and streamline their applications to multiple incentive programs.
The Access Clean California OP Network currently consists of 27 non-profit organizations representing priority populations across the state, ranging from the state’s largest labor union, Service Employees International Union, to small grassroots CBOs.
Building this network required, among other efforts, long periods of capacity building and relationship building with each organization to get them to a point where they have the knowledge, resources and capability to conduct outreach. In support of the OP Network, Access Clean California created a Resource Hub to make it easier for outreach partners to access necessary outreach materials.
The Resource Hub collects and centralizes the various outreach collateral created by each incentive program, as well as training videos and other education material in a user-friendly and searchable format. Access Clean California also created a platform for outreach partners to regularly convene, share lessons learned and exchange best practices, provide programmatic updates and facilitate communication.
If you have questions or comments regarding the Access Clean California Solicitation, please contact Nicholas Nairn-Birch , Air Pollution Specialist. If you require a special accommodation or need these documents in an alternate format (i.e., Braille, large print) or another language, please contact Nicholas Nairn-Birch at (279) 208-7913 as soon as possible or at least 10 business days before the relevant Q&A session.
TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service. Consecuente con la sección 7296. 2 del Código de Gobierno de California, una acomodación especial o necesidades lingüísticas pueden ser suministradas paracualquiera de los siguientes: Un intérprete que esté disponible en la audiencia.
Documentos disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma. Una acomodación razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. Para solicitar estas comodidades especiales o necesidades de otro idioma, por favor llame a la oficina del Consejo al (916) 324-0342 o envié un fax a (916) 327-8524 lo más pronto posible, pero no menos de 10 días de trabajo antes del día programado para la audiencia del Consejo.
TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmisión de Mensajes de California. Clearing California Skies for Over 50 Years CARB is the lead agency for California’s fight against climate change, and oversees all air pollution control efforts in the state to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, community-based organizations, and grassroots organizations serving low-income and disadvantaged communities in California. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $5,000,000 (total for solicitation). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Access Clean California Grant Solicitation FY 2023-2024 is funded by California Air Resources Board (CARB). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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