Grant Funding Supports Climate and Health Adaptation Partnerships
Inaugural recipients of the new Climate and Health Adaptation Initiative (CHAI) Community Capacity Building Grant Program have been announced by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Funding of $750,000 is supporting eight organizations with a commitment to climate justice and community wellbeing.
The awardees are focusing on communities in regions facing the immediate impacts of climate change by creating resilience hubs, forming youth climate adaptation taskforces, and engaging on issues related to air quality, extreme heat, pollution, flood resiliency, emergency preparedness, and health-related social needs at the local level.
Recipients include:
- African Community Housing and Development (South King County)
- Duwamish River Community Coalition (South Seattle)
- Fourth Plain Forward (Vancouver)
- Latino Community Fund (Yakima County)
- Gonzaga University Institute for Climate, Water, and Environment and The Carl Maxey Center (Spokane)
- Our Valley Our Future (Wenatchee)
- Suquamish Tribe (Suquamish)
- Young Women Empowered (South Seattle)
The Climate and Health Adaptation Initiative 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. Learn more about the Climate Commitment Act.