Outreach, Education, and Awareness

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

What does it fund?

Administration of Access Clean California, a multi-faceted outreach effort that helps streamline access to California Climate Investments' consumer-facing, equity-focused clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs for low-income and disadvantaged communities. This program also helps to coordinate related outreach efforts across the state, provide technical assistance and capacity building for community-based organizations, and supports continued implementation of CARB’s SB 350 Barriers Study Priority Recommendations and Outreach Strategic Roadmap.

Who is eligible for funds?

Access Clean California provides resources to nonprofits, community-based organizations, and similar organizations to help families in low-income and disadvantaged communities learn about, apply for, and participate in clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs.

How does this program provide benefits to priority populations?

This program is an outreach effort aimed exclusively at increasing access for priority populations to clean transportation and clean energy incentives programs. In addition, Access Clean California also provides technical assistance and capacity building grants to community based organizations based in and representing priority populations.

How do I access funds?

Access Clean California is streamlining the pathway to clean transportation funding and related benefits by pairing a robust network of community-based outreach partners in communities throughout the state, with a seamless, user-centered application experience that helps people get all the funding they qualify for, and into a clean transportation mode that works for them.

Funding Timeline

Visit Access Clean California to find all the clean energy benefits you’re eligible for.

Cumulative Statistics

As of November 30, 2023

$11.6 million allocated

$11.6 million implemented

$11.6 million benefiting priority populations

This program does not have a quantified GHG emission benefit.

3 projects implemented

2023 Achievements

Reporting period:
Dec 1, 2022 – Nov 30, 2023

$1.6 million implemented

This program does not have a quantified GHG emission benefit.

66 full-time equivalent jobs reported

$2.0 million benefiting priority populations

0% benefiting disadvantaged communities

100% benefiting low income communities and households

0% benefiting other areas of California