We are excited to serve as a community grant maker and coordinator for this unique opportunity powered by the Climate Commitment Act, to support community engagement. This unique grant opportunity of over $2M is a Legislative proviso-funded project to not only provide funding to community projects in alignment with carbon-reduction strategies statewide, but Front and Centered aims to also provide recommendations for WSDOT to consider in order that the agency may build upon the outcomes of this contract and further:
“...develop and implement a community outreach, education, and technical assistance program for overburdened communities and their community partners in order to develop community-centered carbon reduction strategies in gaining access to available funding to implement these strategies…”
The Transportation Justice Leadership Grant program is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. 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.