CPRG Technical Assistance Forums

To provide technical assistance to planning grant funding recipients to meet the requirements of the planning grants, EPA is relaunching the CPRG Technical Assistance Forums (TAFs) this summer! The TAFs will provide opportunities for training and technical assistance to grant recipients from EPA and external subject matter experts and will facilitate peer-to-peer collaboration, mentoring, and sharing of case studies, best practices, and lessons learned. Each TAF will focus on a different technical or process area associated with the required elements for the deliverables due under the planning grants – specifically, the Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAPs), due in the July-December 2025 timeframe (end of the grant period for Tribes and Territories). Each TAF will consist of monthly, 1-hour meetings for a duration of at least one year.

Great news – we are removing registration limits for the TAFs! Now unlimited staff can be designated to participate by the Lead Organization. Registration is now open for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Technical Assistance Forums. Please sign up below.

Lead Organization Instructions:

Each TAF can have different staff participation and include staff from partner organizations to represent the lead organization. Lead organizations may designate a contractor to attend on their behalf, but attendance for some meetings may be restricted to government staff only due to sensitive content. Lead organizations must designate staff and/or contractor participants to sign up via the respective TAF registration links below. If a lead organization needs to add or change any staff/contractor during the duration of the forums, have them register below and contact [email protected].

Staff/Contractor Designee Instructions for Sign-up:

If you have been designated by your lead organization to sign-up for a Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Technical Assistance Forum, please sign up by clicking on the respective TAF registration link and fill in the requested information. Do not sign-up if you have not been designated by your Lead Organization.

Climate Planning Analytics

FORUM KICK-OFF DATE:
Thursday, June 13, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT

SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Topics will include but are not limited to:
Comprehensive GHG Inventory, Co-Pollutant Inventory and Future Projections Benefits Analysis, GHG Emission Projections and Target Setting

Climate Planning Process

FORUM KICK-OFF DATE:
Thursday, June 27, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT

FOURTH THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Topics will include but are not limited to:
Climate Planning Basics, Interagency Coordination, Coordination with stakeholders outside of LIDAC, Workforce Development, leveraging other federal resources, Authority to Implement

Low-Income/Disadvantaged Communities (LIDAC) (States + MSAs Only)

FORUM KICK-OFF DATE:
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT

THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Topics will include but are not limited to:
Meaningful Engagement, LIDAC Benefits Analysis

Tribes and Territories

FORUM KICK-OFF DATE:
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
2:00 - 3:00 pm EDT

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

FOURTH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Topics will include but are not limited to:
Topics of interest to Tribes and Territories, GHG Inventories