Fresno Metro Ministry
For Support Of The Environmental Health Program
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Amount$55,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/30/2011
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
Fresno Metro Ministry has requested a grant of 54,900 for its Environmental Health Program to release a report and related series of maps on cumulative health impacts from various pollution sources in the San Joaquin Valley and ensure adequate community involvement in the release and subsequent use of the report. Fresno Metro Ministry, as convener of the San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impacts Project coalition, will use the report and maps as organizing tools to accomplish policy goals related to: 1) equal protection for the San Joaquin Valley from global warming (distributing mitigation and adaptation funds from the forthcoming cap and trade program), 2) improved land use and transportation planning, 3) developing a community-supported definition of what an Environmental Justice community is and where they are located in the San Joaquin Valley for the purposes of placing monitors, and 4) focusing emission reductions, and improving local air board structure and policies.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.fresnometmin.org
Address
4270 N. Blackstone Ave, #212, Fresno, CA, 93726, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Environmental Health Program
Fresno Metro Ministry’s Environmental Health Program seeks to reduce smog-forming and global-warming pollution from land use, transportation, and agricultural sources in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Their new approach for environmental health is based on building stronger cross-sector relationships and cross-cultural understanding, drawing attention to disadvantaged rural communities, and transportation needs in the Valley. Fresno Metro Ministry will apply these sets of tools to the effective implementation of the Sustainable Community Strategy and Transportation Plans, which have the potential to reduce carbon pollution by 10 percent in Fresno County by 2035.
for human resources and financial systems planning
Fresno Metro Ministry is in a period of transition initiated by the expected arrival of their new executive director in February 2014. The change in leadership prompted them to engage in an organizational assessment as a preliminary effort to develop a new strategic plan. The assessment revealed two aspects of organizational capacity needs that will be addressed under this grant. Fresno Metro Ministry will (1) engage in an evaluation of their financial systems and implement improvements; and (2) assess and refresh their staff evaluation system and human resources policies and procedures. With increased capacity in these areas, Fresno Metro Ministry will leverage this time of transition in order to increase the effectiveness of their organization to better serve their constituents and community.
for support of the Environmental Health Program
Fresno Metro Ministry’s Environmental Health Program seeks to reduce smog-forming and global-warming pollution from land use, transportation, and agricultural sources in California’s San Joaquin Valley. In 2014, it will launch a new program to broaden the effective land use and transportation planning work it has done for many years. This will include recruiting a diverse array of influential advocates for more ambitious emission reduction goals for Fresno County’s Sustainable Community Strategy and Regional Transportation Plan.
