Programs for Schools
Public schools and schools districts can apply for funding for a variety of programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve public health. Learn about open funding opportunities, resources to help you learn more about California Climate Investments and how to apply for funds, and read stories of funded projects led by schools and school districts.
California Climate Investments is a portfolio of over 110 State climate programs that fund projects and programs like:
Community-led projects (e.g., community car sharing, composting)
Household-serving voucher programs (e.g., rebates for the purchase of cleaner cars, woodstove replacements)
Large-scale infrastructure projects (e.g., affordable housing, transit)
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Funds upgrades to HVAC and plumbing equipment in local educational agencies.
Financial incentives for EV charging stations with priority for shovel-ready projects in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Financial incentives for the purchase of qualifying zero-emission school buses and associated infrastructure.
Funds establishment, enhancement, and expansion of community spaces and parks, tree planting, green infrastructure in streets and alleys, and the construction of active transportation infrastructure.
Grants that support activities that prevent food waste from being generated and/or becoming landfill waste and distribution of rescued food to people.
Grants that support the construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to preprocess, digest, or compost organics into compost, soil amendments, biofuels, or bioenergy.
Grants that support construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to process or manufacture value-added products from California-derived, newly diverted fiber, plastic, or glass waste.
Grants that support replacement of single use containers, food service ware, and packaging with durable, reusable products and recovery of lumber, wood flooring, or wood furniture from landfills or through deconstruction projects for reuse.
Grants for affordable housing and transportation projects near jobs, schools, and other daily destinations.
Funds California Conservation Corp, which enrolls young adults for a year of service resulting in job skills and work experience implementing forest fuel reduction, habitat restoration, and energy efficiency projects.
Grants for school districts and county offices to purchase electric vehicles to serve K-12 schools.
Vouchers for zero-emission transportation services such as bike and scooter sharing, electric carsharing and carpooling, on-demand shuttles using electric vans or buses, and fixed-route and traditional transit services, including school buses.
Vouchers for clean truck and bus fleet purchases for public transit and innovative small e-fleets.
Rebates for the purchase or lease of new, eligible light-duty vehicles, including electric, fuel-cell, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Funds capacity building and air quality improvement activities for California community-based organizations, nonprofits, and California tribal governments that participate in the Community Air Protection Program.
Grants that support mobile source air pollution reduction measures for communities identified through the AB 617 Community Emissions Reduction Programs.
Funds community-led planning and capacity building projects that increase transportation equity in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Funds replacement of school buses with hybrid or zero-emission models focusing on rural school districts.
Grants that support planning and implementation of community transportation needs and increase transportation equity through access to key local destinations.
Funds research that supports implementation of the California Forest Carbon Plan and Prescribed Fire Monitoring program.
Funds hazardous fuel removal, fire prevention public education, fire prevention and wildfire safety planning.
Financial incentives that support on-farm management practices that sequester carbon, including soil management, establishment of herbaceous and woody cover, and demonstration projects.
Funds water system consolidation, operation and maintenance costs, and planning activities for small water systems.
California Climate Investments puts billions of Cap-and-Invest dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, improving public health and the environment, and providing meaningful benefits to the most disadvantaged communities and low-income communities and households.
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