California Climate Investments Fire Prevention Grant Program

Type

Funding

Organization

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

Description

Deadline Passed 12/04/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. CAL FIRE’s Fire Prevention Grants Program (FP) provides funding for local projects and activities that address the risk of wildfire and reduce wildfire potential to forested and forest adjacent communities. Funded activities include: hazardous fuel reduction, fire planning, and fire prevention education with an emphasis on improving public health and safety while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Funding Amount

$49.7 million dispersed among awardees

Matching Funds

No

Geography

California

Eligibility

State Agencies, Native American Tribes, local government within or adjacent to State Responsibility Area including, fire districts, community services districts, water districts, and special districts, or certified local conservation corps, Fire Safe Councils, or other nonprofit organizations organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.

Website

https://www.cakex.org/community/opportunities/2019-2020-california-climate-inve…

Contact Information

Adriana Negrea at (916) 568-2933 or
Deepti Sharma at 916-568-2925 or
FPGrants@fire.ca.gov

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.