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King County, Washington Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan
September 13, 2016
The King County, Washington Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan provides the county’s blueprint and shared vision for addressing environmental justice, advancing equity, and fostering resiliency. The Plan was developed through a diverse and inclusive community engagement process including more than 600 county employees and 100 local organizations. The Plan sets a pro-equity agenda for expanding access and addressing the following determinants of equity: child and youth development, economic development and jobs, environment and climate, health and human services, housing, information and technology, the justice system, and transportation and mobility.
Related Organizations: King County, Washington
Resource Category: Planning
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Pathways to Resilience: Transforming Cities in a Changing Climate
January 2015
From the Kresge Foundation, this report explores the strategies and policies for climate resiliency in urban areas, with a focus on social equity. The report distills a vision developed through interviews and independent research through the Pathways to Resilience (P2R) Initiative. The vision of climate resilience is grounded in the perspectives of low-income communities and communities of color - and comprised of the following core elements, including:
Related Organizations: The Kresge Foundation
Resource Category: Solutions
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Delaware Valley Indicators of Potential Disadvantage Tool
2014
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Greater Philadelphia/Delaware Valley nine county, two state region. In 2001, DVRPC developed the Indicators of Potential Disadvantage (IPD) - an Environmental Justice (EJ) technical assessment to identify direct and disparate impacts of its plans, programs, and planning process on defined population groups in the Delaware Valley region. DVRPC describes that the Commission is committed to making federal Title VI and environmental justice a part of their planning process, integrated in all programs and plans, and a guide for public participation efforts.
Related Organizations: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Resource Category: Planning
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One Storm Shy of Despair: A Climate-Smart Plan for the Administration to Help Low-Income Communities
July 17, 2014
This Center for American Progress report assesses how low-income communities in the U.S. are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change effects. The report offers recommendations for policymakers to build community resilience to extreme weather events, environmental hazards, and economic security for low-income communities.
Related Organizations: Center for American Progress
Author or Affiliated User: Cathleen Kelly
Resource Category: Assessments
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Find Your Frontlines
August 2014
This document outlines a short community-engagement activity aimed at making climate change personal and helping people make the connections between issues of inequity and climate change.
Related Organizations: Movement Generation
Resource Category: Education and Outreach
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Status and Progress in Engaging Communities of Color to Advance Resilience to Climate Change: Experience of 15 U.S. Cities
December 2014
From the Texas Health Institute and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, this report documents a study of the progress made by major U. S. cities in engaging vulnerable communities of color in climate change planning and adaptation. A large variation was found in cities across the country, and lessons learned of the most socially equitable and progressive adaptation planning strategies are shared. The report offers community level “bottom-up” engagement strategies to inform national, state, and local policies and programs on socially equitable climate change planning.
Related Organizations: Texas Health Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
February 11, 1994
On February 11, 1994, President Clinton signed E.O. 12898 which directs federal agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse human health, environmental, economic and social effects of its activities on minority and low-income populations. Agencies are further directed to identify potential effects and mitigation measures in consultation with affected communities.
Related Organizations: Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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HHS Community Services Block Grant
October 27, 1998
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides formula grants to reduce poverty in low-income communities, help poor families receive necessary services, and put low-income individuals and families on a path toward self-sufficiency (CFDA Program Number 93. 569). The CSBG is a $715 million program funds more than 1,000 local anti-poverty organizations around the country annually, which provide services to more than 16 million people in 3,000 counties.
Related Organizations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Resource Category: Funding
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HHS Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
August 1, 1999
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides formula grants to states to help low-income households pay for their home energy needs, including weatherization and energy efficiency (CFDA Program Number 93. 568). It especially focuses on assisting households where a high percentage of income is spent on energy costs. The program has helped insulate the homes of millions of families using low-cost techniques that have large payoffs, saving money for those families and curtailing U.
Related Organizations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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NeighborWorks America Grant Program
October 31, 1978
As a congressionally chartered, nonpartisan nonprofit, NeighborWorks America promotes reinvestment by financially supporting more than 245 place-based organizations and providing technical assistance and training for community-based revitalization efforts. In fiscal year 2016, NeighborWorks network members reported more than $7 billion of investment in their communities. They also calculated that every $1 of federal appropriation attracted another $91 that expanded the local impact.
Related Organizations: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America)
Resource Category: Funding
