Priority Area: Funding Access and Capacity Building
Barrier: Application Burden and Accessibility

Challenge/Local/State

Description

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

Provide sustained, long-term technical assistance and partnerships for under-resourced applicants. Multi-year TA programs—including university partnerships—should support grant writing, data, evaluation, and implementation across funding cycles.

Existing Examples of Progress: 1. EPA’s Thriving Communities TA program – Provided grant reviews, translations into plain language, tracking of opportunities, and training to hundreds of organizations in Region 9. Identified as a successful model of broad, accessible TA before its termination. 2. SGC’s CACE portfolio – Includes Regional Climate Collaborative, Tribal Capacity Building, BOOST, and TCC programs. These initiatives support partnerships, governance structures, and full lifecycle capacity building (from partner identification through implementation). 3. SGC’s Boost Program and Connecting Communities Initiative, which help under-resourced agencies hire staff, develop competitive proposals, and access federal and state climate funds
Region: Inland Deserts, San Diego, Statewide

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