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Tools and Technical Resources
Climate Action Planning and Technical Assistance Forums
Federal Funding Resource Opportunities
CPRG Planning Training Webinars

Tools and Technical Resources

The below webpages provide a list of available tools and resources to support Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Planning Grantees develop the Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). These requirements are laid out in the Program Guidance for States, Municipalities, and Air Pollution Control Agencies (pdf) (1.6 MB) and Federally Recognized Tribes, Tribal Consortia, and U.S. Territories (448 KB). The tools and resources are organized by workplan elements and key sectors:

Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Projections
Co-Pollutant Benefits Analysis
Meaningful Engagement and Low-Income and Disadvantaged Community (LIDAC) Benefits Analysis
Workforce Planning Analysis
Key Sectors:
EPA’s PCAP Directory presents data collected from PCAPs submitted to EPA in 2024 related to greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, GHG reduction measures, benefits for low-income and disadvantaged communities (LIDACs), and other PCAP elements. Directory data can be searched, sorted, and downloaded to help CPRG planning grantees identify and leverage approaches within PCAPs to support the development of their CCAPs.
EPA’s Quantified Climate Action Measures Directory presents information on the quantified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction measures in state and local climate action plans published between January 2018 and August 2023. The directory is designed to help states, local governments, tribes, and territories develop new or updated climate action plans by identifying examples of quantified GHG reduction measures.

Climate Action Planning and Technical Assistance Forums

The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides grants to states, metro areas, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. To provide technical assistance to planning grant funding recipients to meet the requirements of the planning grants, EPA established CPRG Technical Assistance Forums. The forums 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 forum focuses on a different technical or process area associated with the required elements for the deliverables due under the planning grants – specifically, the Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs), due in early 2024, and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAPs), due in December 2025.

Federal Funding Resource Opportunities

The table below contains examples of currently available funding opportunities that align with Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) sectors. This list is not exhaustive, but may help CPRG planning grantees identify potential funding sources for CCAP measures. (As of 12/23/25)

Sector	Funding Opportunity	Funding Agency	Deadline	Eligible Applicants	Eligible Activities	Amount Available
Agriculture, Natural and Working Lands	Coastal Zone Management Projects of Special Merit Competition (FY 2025)	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	1/17/2025	Federally-approved coastal management programs	Protection, restoration, or enhancement of the existing coastal wetlands base; or creation of new coastal wetlands.	$50,000-$250,000 per award
Commercial and Residential Buildings	Partnerships to Accelerate Training & Hiring for Geothermal Heat Pumps (GHP PATHs) Prize- Phase 1	Department of Energy	Phase 1 Deadline: 2/12/2025	U.S.-based individuals, teams, and organizations	The GHP PATHs is a prize competition designed to hire, certify, and train geothermal heat pump workers in three consecutive phases. In Phase 1, competitors submit a narrative describing their vision for building a pathway to training and hiring in their region. If successful, subsequent phases will compete for funds to develop a comprehensive workforce development program, and implement their workforce development programs.	Up to 20 winning teams will receive $40,000 each in cash and will be eligible to compete in Phase 2.Phase 2 & 3 awards range from $100,000-400,000
Commercial and Residential Buildings	Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program	Department of Energy	5/31/2025	Tribal governments and Alaska Native entities	Low- and moderate-income households installing efficient electric technologies.	Up to $14,000 per household; $225 million available
Commercial and Residential Buildings	Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG)	Department of Energy	5/31/2025	Tribal governments	Many possible activities that help in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, to reduce fossil fuel emissions, and to improve energy efficiency.	Varies by population
Electric Power	Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas	Department of Energy	Concept paper: 2/27/2025; Application: 8/28/2025	State, Local, Tribal governments, and others for communities of less than 10,000 residents	Improve cost-effectiveness of energy generation, transmission, or distribution; develop microgrids; siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; provide or modernize electric generation facilities; increase energy efficiency.	$2-$50 million per award
Electric Power	Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)	Department of Agriculture-Rural Development	3/31/2025	Agricultural producers & small businesses (including those Tribally owned or Tribal member owned); rural small businesses	The purchase and installation of renewable energy systems, such as: Biomas, Geothermal, Hydropower below 30 megawatts, hydrogen, wind, solar, or ocean. Funds may also be used for the purchase, installation and construction of energy efficiency improvements, such as, high efficiency HVAC, insulation, electric, or replacement of energy-inefficient equipment.	Renewable energy system project: $1,000,000; energy efficiency improvement project: $500,000
Transportation	Clean School Bus Program	Environmental Protection Agency	1/9/2025	State, local, and Tribal entities responsible for school buses, and some third parties	Replacement school buses, associated charging infrastructure, and other expenses, such as workforce training.	Up to $325K per bus
Waste and Materials Management	Climate United NEXT/ National Clean Investment Fund Pre-Development	Environmental Protection Agency via Climate United	Round 1: 1/10/2025 (Tribes only); Subsequent rounds to be announced in 2025	Tribes, state and local governments, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education	Climate United NEXT is a pre-development grant program to help underserved and low-income communities prepare projects for Climate United financing, with the first round focused on projects in Native communities. Activities include: feasibility studies, community engagement, technical assistance, environmental impact studies, and external consultants for project planning.	$300,000 per award
Waste and Materials Management	Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia	Environmental Protection Agency	3/14/2025	Tribes and Intertribal Consortia	Establish, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure; fund improvements to reduce contamination in the recycled materials stream; establish, improve, expand, or optimize end-markets for the use of recycled commodities; demonstrate a measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste.	$100,000- $1,500,000 per award
Multi-sector	Carbon Utilization Procurement Grants	Department of Energy	4/30/2025; Note: A concept paper must be submitted prior to the full application. Concept papers can be submitted anytime before the deadline	States, local governments, and public utilities	The program will help offset 50% of the costs to procure and use products developed through the conversion of captured carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions. These commercial or industrial purchases can help reduce emissions in a variety of sectors.	$50,000-$500,000 with 50% cost share; $100 million available
Multi-Sector	Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment (EIR) Loan Guarantees	Department of Energy	9/30/2026	Broad eligibility, including project developers, clean tech manufacturers and service providers, regulated utilities, independent power producers.	Financing projects that retool, repower, repurpose, or replace energy infrastructure that has ceased operations or enable operating energy infrastructure to avoid, reduce, utilize or sequester air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions. No-cost pre-application consultations can be requested at: Energy.gov/LPO/Pre-App	Varies; $250 billion in loan guarantee authority available
Multi-Sector	National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF)	Environmental Protection Agency via sub-grantees	Varies	Eligibility is broad: state and local governments, Tribes, other government entities, private entities.	Loans and other financial assistance for energy efficient homes, electrification upgrades, and solar installations; battery electric trucks to small fleets and independent operators; housing and utilities; and more. Under the NCIF program, three grant recipients are establishing national clean financing institutions that deliver accessible, affordable financing for clean technology projects.	Variable; $14 billion available
Multi-Sector	Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA)	Environmental Protection Agency via subgrantees	Varies	Community lenders working in low income and disadvantaged communities (LIDAC)	CCIA will provide financial assistance, largely be in the form of loans, in three priority project categories: distributed generation of clean energy, buildings (new net zero buildings, and substantially rehabilitation of existing buildings), and zero emissions transportation.	Variable up to $10 million per award; $6 billion available
Multi-Sector	EJ Thriving Communities Grantmakers Subgrants	Environmental Protection Agency	Deadlines vary by grant makers	Local governments, Tribal governments, nonprofits, community-based organizations, and others	Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmakers will provide subgrants to community-based nonprofits and other eligible subrecipients for assessment, planning, and project development activities. Grantmakers will alleviate much of the burden that the federal grants process places on small, resource-constrained community-based organizations supporting underserved communities and marginalized populations.	Varies; $600 million available

EPA continues to develop resources that may be useful for potential applicants, including updating datasets and considering specific trainings that would be of interest. This page will continue to be updated to include additional resources and tools as they become available.

CPRG Planning Training Webinars

Climate Action Planning

Webinar (click title to watch recorded webinar, if available)	Date	Time	Presentation Slides	Qs and As
CCAP Workforce Planning Analysis Training	June 17, 2024	1-2 pm, ET	Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Workforce Analysis Training (pdf) (1.31 MB, June 17, 2024)	All questions and answers in the Q&A session in the training recording
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP)	May 22, 2024	2-4 pm, ET	CCAP Training Presentation (pdf) (1.28 MB, May 22, 2024)	All questions and answers in the Q&A session in the training recording
GHG Inventory and Emission Projections 101 (for States)	June 1, 2023	2:-3:30 pm, ET	State GHG Inventory 101 (pdf) (1.79 MB, June 1, 2023)	All questions and answers in the Q&A session in the training recording
GHG Inventory and Emission Projections 101 (for MSAs)	June 7, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	GHG Inventory and Emission Projections 101 (for MSAs) (pdf) (706.98 KB, June7, 2023)	Qs and As from the GHG Inventories and Projections for MSAs (pdf) (192.75 KB, July 20, 2023)
GHG Inventory and Emission Projections 101 (for Tribes and Territories)	June 21, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	GHG Inventory and Emission Projections 101 (for Tribes and Territories) (pdf) (772.35 KB, June 21, 2023)	All questions and answers in the Q&A session in the training recording
Interagency Coordination and Meaningful Engagement with Communities	July 12, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	Interagency Coordination and Meaningful Engagement with Communities (pdf) (615.88 KB, July 12, 2023)	Qs and As from EPA’s CPRG Grantee Training on Interagency Coordination and Meaningful Engagement with Communities (pdf) (341.7 KB, August 14, 2023)
Co-Pollutant Inventory and Future Projections Benefits Analysis	July 19, 2023	2-3:30 pm, ET	Co-Pollutant Inventory and Future Projections Benefits Analysis (pdf) (643.52 KB, July 19, 2023)	Qs and As from EPA's CPRG Grantee Training on Co-Pollutant Inventory and Future Projections Benefits Analysis (pdf) (176.1 KB, August 14, 2023)
Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)	July 27, 2023	1-2 pm, ET	Final QAPP Training Presentation (pdf) (1.38 MB, 8/3/2023)	Qs and As from EPA's CPRG Grantee Training on Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) (pdf) (306.22 KB, August 14, 2023)
EPA Programs, Tools, and Resources used for Evaluation and Quantification of GHG Reduction Measures	August 2, 2023	1-3:30 pm, ET	EPA Program Tools and Resources GHG Reduction Measures (pdf) (2.15 MB, 8/3/2023)	Additional Qs and As from EPA’s CPRG Grantee Training on EPA Programs, Tools, and Resources used for Evaluation and Quantification of GHG Reduction Measures.pdf (pdf) (152.26 KB, August 23, 2023)
Investing in America Climate Action Funding Fair: Climate Action Funding Fair	Week of August 7th Six sector based sessions	Times vary in the afternoon	presentations slides Investing in America: Climate Action Funding Resource Guide	N/A
Landscape of Measure-level GHG Quantification in Existing Climate Action Plans	August 9, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	Landscape of Measure-Level GHG Quantification in Existing Climate Action Plans (pdf) (634.27 KB, August 9, 2023)	Additional Qs and As from EPA's CPRG Grantee Training on The Landscape of Measure-Level GHG Quantification in Existing Climate Action Plans (pdf) (162.31 KB, August 28, 2023)
Low Income/ Disadvantaged Communities (LIDAC) Benefits Analysis	August 16, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	Low Income/Disadvantaged Communities (LIDAC) Benefits Analysis (pdf) (786.63 KB, 8/17/2023)	Additional Qs and As from EPA’s CPRG Grantee Training on Low Income and Disadvantaged Communities Benefits Analysis (pdf) (221.9 KB, October 10, 2023)
Workforce Planning Analysis	August 23, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	Workforce Planning Analysis (pdf) (1.33 MB, August 23, 2023)	Additional Qs and As from EPA’s CPRG Grantee Training on Workforce Planning Analysis (pdf) (314.29 KB, October 10, 2023)
Meaningful Engagement: Update and Technical Resources	August 30, 2023	2-3 pm, ET	Meaningful Engagement Update and Technical Resources (pdf) (768.62 KB, August 30, 2023)

Updates

Qs and As from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Planning Grants 12.13.24 (pdf) (345.1 KB)

The Federal Funding Resource Opportunities table contains examples of currently available funding opportunities that align with Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) sectors. This list is not exhaustive, but may help CPRG planning grantees identify potential funding sources for CCAP measures. (Updated December 23, 2024)