Justice40 Resources
The Justice40 Initiative is a whole-of-government effort to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits from certain federal investments to disadvantaged communities have been disproportionately burdened by climate change or environmental and infrastructure inequity or have been economically disadvantaged. It addresses environmental injustice and invests in clean energy, clean transit, affordable housing, workforce development, and pollution remediation in disadvantaged communities.
Justice40 considers new metrics, including climate change, infrastructure, pollution, and access to transportation and essential services to determine disadvantaged communities. To help you determine if your community has eligible census tracts, we’ve created the Northwest Ohio Justice40 Dashboard. It combines two federal data tools, the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) and Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer.
The CEJST was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It considers factors (burdens) like pollution levels, proximity to environmental hazards, and socioeconomic indicators to identify areas that qualify for Justice40 investments.
The ETC was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation to identify communities that have been disproportionately burdened by transportation projects and lack access to affordable transportation options. This tool considers five components to identify areas that qualify for Justice40 investments: transportation insecurity, environmental burden, social vulnerability, health vulnerability, and climate and disaster risk burden.
Click below to view the Dashboard, where you can access both federal data sets and see the types of information they evaluate.
Here's a video tutorial explaining how to use the database above.
Here's a video of Simon Nyi, grants commissioner for the City of Toledo, explaining how the city has used these important data sources to successfully apply for federal funding.
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