About the BOOST Program
All Californians deserve to live in communities where they can
have access to clean air and water, clean transportation,
affordable housing and economic opportunity. Yet many communities
across the state lack the staff capacity and resources to develop
projects and secure funding to make this a reality for their
residents. To help address this need, we have partnered with the
California Strategic Growth Council (SCG) on the BOOST Program to
help local governments across the state build capacity to address
those needs.
The BOOST Program provides customized and tailored support to
help communities:
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Build awareness of funding opportunities to
address climate action;
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Organize projects to be best positioned to
meet its goals;
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Optimize existing resources and build more
capacity;
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Strengthen relationships with key stakeholders
and identify new opportunities for regional engagement and
collaboration; and
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Transform their approach to addressing climate
action.
The 2021 BOOST Program is based on the BOOST Pilot Program which
helped 10 cities and two regions build capacity to advance their
climate and equity goals. The 18-month pilot was designed to
provide flexible and responsive technical assistance to address
the varying and evolving capacity challenges of local
governments, while also sharing best practices and lessons
learned to help inform state programs.
In this round of BOOST, we have selected seven cities to receive
tailored support in the form of trainings, partnership
development, community engagement planning and implementation
support, grant application assistance, and communications
support.
Learn more about the BOOST Program participants in their profiles
below, and you find out more more about the successes of the
Pilot Program in the
Best Practice Report here.
