Screening Tools
The Public Environmental Data Partners are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. They are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work.
These exist at https://screening-tools.com/ and include tools such as the Climate and Economic Justice Screening tool. These are an unofficial copy of the tool. They are working on an overhaul, but in the meantime some links and text may incorrectly suggest that this site is affiliated with the US Government.
They will continue to update this in the coming days.They will also be adding more climate and environmental justice datasets and tools in coming days/weeks, including most likely EJ Screen.
Supporting Overburdened Communities Mapping Tool
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has created the resulting map providing multiple opportunities to serve communities, utilizing environmental justice grants and emission reduction projects.
Our overburdened communities are those with a combination of poorer health outcomes, more air pollution sources, and whose residents face socio-economic barriers to participation in clean air decisions and solutions. To identify our overburdened communities, they combined information from multiple trusted sources, including their own Community Air Tool, Washington State’s Environmental Health Disparities Map, Washington State Department of Ecology’s Overburdened Communities, and EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool.
Just Infrastructure: Sharing Sustainable Water Assets
The Water Hub has created digital resources to inspire federal water infrastructure investments including green infrastructure and community water projects. Here you can find messaging, social media toolkits, and fact sheets.
Training Resources for the Environmental Community Toolkits
Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC) compiles toolkits, resources, and webinars. Toolkits include topics like financial planning, staff management, and strategic planning. The extensive resources page includes topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion, financial management, and leadership. 60-minute webinars presented by nonprofit trainers and consultants cover important aspects of nonprofit leadership, financial management, fundraising, diversity, equity and inclusion, and more.
America’s Federal Funding Opportunities and Resources for Decarbonization (AFFORD)
This funding tool is designed to help communities identify, compare, and prioritize federal funding, tax credits, and other incentives across multiple federal agencies. The tool focuses on decarbonization efforts, including electricity, transportation, buildings, and resilient energy systems. It does not exhaustively capture federal resources for other topics.
HUD Federal Funding Navigator
The HUD Funding Navigator provides a listing of funding opportunities under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and others across federal agencies to support efforts to enhance climate resiliency, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, healthy housing, workforce development and environmental justice in HUD supported communities, programs, and properties.
Office of Indian Energy Funding Opportunities
A regularly updated table of clean energy funding opportunities for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native communities from the Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy.
Department of Energy (DOE) Funding Opportunities
A regularly updated table of DOE Clean Energy Infrastructure Program & Funding Announcements.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Funding Opportunities
A regularly updated table of EPA Funding Announcements from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Energy Justice Mapping Tool
The mapping tool highlights census tracts that the Department of Energy consider disadvantaged. Disadvantaged communities were identified using 36 indicators related to fossil fuel dependence, energy burden, environmental and climate hazards, and socio-economic vulnerabilities.
Multnomah County Equity and Empowerment Lens
The Lens is designed to help institutions identify inequities and achieve transformational change. The Lens includes an assessment with guiding questions around connection to people, connection to place, and connection to process and power.
The Greenlining Institute Racial Equity Toolkit
The toolkit is designed to help policymakers, advocates, and others consider racial equity. The tool was informed by case studies and includes a step-by-step guide to gather information, engage stakeholders, identify and assess policy holes, and evaluate outcomes.
Annie E. Casey Foundation Racial Equity Impact Assessment
The assessment tool outlines 10 questions to better understand the potential consequences of actions of different racial groups and to help advance equitable impacts.
Washington Race Equity & Justice Initiative (REJI) Organizational Race Equity Toolkit 2nd Edition
The toolkit was developed to support organizations work towards racial equity in their operations, programming, workplace culture, governance, partnerships, and advocacy. The tool includes background on racial justice and racial equity and a variety of assessments, guiding questions, and exercises to create equity-minded organizations.
City of Portland Racial Equity Toolkit
The toolkit was developed to support City of Portland bureaus with racial equity work outside of the budget process. The tool includes an iterative process and set of questions, worksheets, and a list of additional racial equity tools and resources.
City of Seattle Racial Equity Toolkit
The six steps process can be used to evaluate policies, initiatives, programs, and budget issues in the context of racial equity. The toolkit was developed for City of Seattle departments to use to align with racial equity goals but may be useful to other entities. The toolkit includes a worksheet, data resources, and a glossary.
Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Racial Equity Toolkit
Toolkit to help jurisdictions integrate racial equity considerations into policies, programs, and government operations. The tool is intended to be used early in the planning process and includes a set of steps and questions to guide users through the process.