California Air Resources Board

Funding for the Community Air Protection Program comes from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), the Air Pollution Control Fund (APCF), and sometimes from the General Fund. The funding is used in three different ways.

Implementation Funds

Implementation funds give air districts the means to form Community Steering Committees (CSCs), develop and implement Community Emission Reduction Programs (CERP), deploy Community Air Monitoring Programs (CAMP), report emissions, and implement new regulations following the best available technologies for air pollution. These funds are also used to expand community engagement, compensate participating community members, improve language access, and other expenditures.

Community Air Protection Incentives 

Community Air Protection (CAP) Incentives are designed to provide the eligibility for incentives to reduce hexavalent chromium emissions, projects to reduce exposure for sensitive receptors, and for the collaboration of air districts and communities to create projects that work towards the reduction of pollutants and emissions from sources identified in their CERP. 

Community Air Grants

The Community Air Grants (CAGs) support community-based, non-profit, Internal Revenue Code 501 (c)(3) tax exempt organizations and California Native American Tribes for technical assistance and to support participation in the AB 617 program. Community Air Grants help build grantee capacity to become active partners with government to identify, evaluate, and ultimately reduce air pollution and exposure to harmful emissions in their communities.