Community Air Protection Program
Supports heavily burdened California communities with grants and resources to monitor and reduce local emissions.
The Community Air Protection Program was launched under AB 617 in 2017 to reduce exposure in California communities with the highest air pollution burdens. It sits under CARB and includes Community Air Grants, Community Air Monitoring Plans, Community Emission Reduction Programs, a Technology Clearinghouse, and Funding/Incentive Projects. Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, tribes, and local entities in designated CAPP communities. Funding comes from annual General Fund and GGRF appropriations, with the incentives and grants side historically above $200 million, so the program has real scale for place-based work. That scale matters because many awards are meant to support monitoring, planning, and local implementation at the neighborhood level. The best fit is a local partnership that can tie a project to a designated community, a monitoring need, or a concrete emissions-reduction plan. Because the program is built around community-led implementation, location, public-health burden, and stakeholder alignment matter as much as technical design.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.