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Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Building expertise and providing tailored support

If your organization isn’t ready yet to apply for a planning or implementation grant, find resources here to help you prepare for success. Through our Community Assistance for Climate Equity (CACE) suite of programs, SGC provides technical assistance and capacity building to help under-resourced communities access critical funding resources, implement high-impact projects, and enact community-led initiatives.

Community Assistance for Climate Equity Program (CACE)

SGC’s Community Assistance for Climate Equity Program (CACE) provides technical assistance and capacity building services to help under-resourced communities access critical funding resources, implement high-impact projects, and enact community-led initiatives.

Capacity Building Programs

  • BOOST
    BOOST is a capacity building program to support under-resourced local agencies in advancing their climate, resilience, and equity goals.
    Learn more about BOOST
  • Partners Advancing Climate Equity
    Partners Advancing Climate Equity (PACE) is a capacity-building program for frontline community leaders from across California to connect and learn with peers, take their skills to the next level, and inspire transformative change.
    Learn more about PACE
  • Regional Climate Collaboratives Program
    RCC is a capacity building grant program that funds community-rooted and cross-sectoral partners to develop the processes, plans, and projects that will drive and sustain climate action in their communities.
    Learn more about RCC
  • Tribal Capacity Building Pilot Program
    The Tribal Capacity Building Pilot Program provides funding and technical assistance to California Native American tribes to build staff capacity to advance tribes’ climate-related work.
    Learn more about TCBP

Technical Assistance Toolkit

The Technical Assistance Toolkit has been developed to support California state agencies and other public and private funders in developing technical assistance programs that make a meaningful difference in under-resourced communities.