97T18001

Description: This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the nonprofit organization Day One, who are based in the San Gabriel Valley.

Specifically, the project will develop and implement green infrastructure, clean water infrastructure, transportation options for preventing air pollution, energy efficient and healthy housing and buildings, and pollution management and reduction strategies.

This assistance agreement provides federal funding in the amount of $20,452,614.

Activities: The activities include planting trees in parkways and public places, planting greener schoolyards with composting, rain gardens, and native plants, promoting electric family and cargo bike use and bicycle repair stations, installing solar panels and induction stoves in homes, installing water refill stations, and building rain gardens and a multi-benefit stormwater capture system.

Subrecipient: ActiveSGV will co-lead community engagement plan implementation, coordinate e-family bike activities, install residential rain gardens, and create bike repair stations at public schools.

The Council for Watershed Health will construct a nature-based, multi-benefit greenway project including stormwater capture, native plants, and pedestrian/bikeways.

TreePeople will conduct the tree planting program to plant 2,500 trees.

Sustainable Claremont will implement schoolyard greening (on-site composting, rain gardens, tree planting) for at least 10 public schools.

GRID Alternatives will implement residential solar PV and battery storage and cool roofs.

Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include 1,000 trees planted in public areas, 1,500 distributed fruit trees, 10 greener public school yards with native plants, composting, and rain gardens, 300 electric family/cargo bikes, 30 bike repair stations, 30 home solar energy setups, 22 cool roofs to reduce air temperature, 60 induction stoves, 60 clean water refill stations, 60 rain gardens, and a multi-benefit stormwater capture system for the Green Streets Merced Avenue Greenway, and 12 detailed quarterly reports that will document both quantitative and qualitative measures of each climate action strategy and project.

The expected outcomes include climate and public health enhancement, extreme heat mitigation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, cleaner outdoor and indoor air, reduced pollution exposure to students and low-income residents, cleaner water, reduced water usage, reduced flood risk, reduced landfill waste and habitat pollution, pollinator protection, more accessible streets in urban areas, and increased knowledge of climate resilience in the community.

The intended beneficiaries are disadvantaged communities.

DAY One

2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS

66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 9: San Francisco [EPA - RO]

Los Angeles, California United States

County-Wide

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Termination This project grant was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 12/31/27 to 05/01/25.