Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice Grant



Organization - Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
Grant Amount - $425,000
Foundation - California Endowment
Grant Purpose - Capacity-Building Initiative: To engage residents, community-based organizations and community leaders in the development of a community organizing and advocacy program aimed at changing environmental health factors that place underserved residents of the eastern Coachella Valley in Riverside County at increased risk for health disparities.


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