Priority Area: Meaningful Engagement and Community-driven Decisions
Barrier: Compensation and Resource Gaps

Challenge/Local/State

Description

State Solution
(Type of Activity: Program Implementation and Outreach )

Provide flexible, multi-year funding to sustain community engagement. State programs should offer continuous, advance, and sub-grant funding—along with extended grant timelines—so CBOs can staff up, conduct early outreach, and maintain engagement without cash-flow barriers or short grant cycles.

Existing Examples of Progress: Southern California Edison - Utility-funded outreach: Edison provided advance engagement funding to CBO partners, enabling early outreach before state funding cycles caught up. This ensured participation wasn’t stalled by cash flow issues
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles

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