Community Engagement
Contact
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Participation by a wide variety of stakeholders is essential to the success of the Community Air Protection Program. This type of collaboration requires productive, targeted, and continuous community outreach and engagement. Initial outreach efforts have provided valuable “lessons learned” that help identify the most effective ways to get people involved, share information, ask questions, and discuss recommendations. CARB will continue to improve outreach approaches and training opportunities to meet community needs. See the information below for more details.
The below resources are organized alphabetically by the author. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, but a helpful starting point for those interested in air quality and community engagement strategies. This list will be refined and updated as new resources become available, and as public comments are received.
Some of the links below lead to non-CARB resources, but provide information that may be helpful to individuals interested in community engagement strategies. CARB cannot attest to the accuracy of these sites, and linking to a non-CARB site does not constitute an endorsement by CARB or any of its staff.
American Planning Association
Plan4Health: Health in All Planning Policies Toolkit
This toolkit containing reports, webinars, toolkits, community examples, videos, podcasts, and more about health in all planning.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Community Air Risk Evaluation Program
The CARE program unites government, communities, and businesses to address areas of concentrated air pollution and related public health effects in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Spare the Air: Educational Tools
Interactive resources for teachers, families, and students to help inform young people about air quality and the environment.
Spare the Air: Youth Program
Spare the Air Youth website managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in partnership with the BAAMQD. Teaches students about the benefits of walking, biking, carpooling or taking transit to and from school.
Berkeley School of Public Health
Accountable Communities for Health
A toolkit, sponsored by the California Health and Human Services Agency, provides a resource to assist communities in California and beyond in working to share data across sectors for health improvement.
California Air Resources Board
Public Outreach Program
CARB’s extensive public outreach program that is designed to support an understanding of California’s air quality regulatory program.
California Climate Investments
Best Practices for Community Engagement and Building Successful Projects
This document was generated from conversations that took place on March 12, 2018 at the Community Leadership Summit: Best Practices for Building Successful Projects, hosted by the State agencies that administer California Climate Investments (CCI). It also incorporates some additional best practices and lessons learned throughout the implementation of CCI programs and projects
California Department of Transportation
Best Practices Public Participation
Document outlining public participation best practices, with case studies.
California Strategic Growth Council
Transformative Climate Communities Program
The Transformative Climate Communities Program empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution.
Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc.
Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc.
Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc. was founded in 1987 in Imperial County, California with the endeavor of improving the lives of disadvantaged communities through a broad range of approaches including civic education, outreach, research, citizen science and crowdsourcing.
DePaul University
DePaul University: Asset-Based Community Development Institute
The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, ABCD draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger communities for the future.
Governor's Office of Planning and Research, California
General Plan Guidelines: 2017 Update
A general plan is the local government’s long-term blueprint for the community’s vision of future growth. The General Plan Guidelines document serves as the “how to” resource for drafting a general plan. The 2017 version includes legislative changes, new guidance, policy recommendations, external links to resource documents, and additional resources.
Institute for Local Government
Sustaining Public Engagement – Best Practices and Resources
Publications, best practices, reports and other resources to help counties and cities sustain public engagement in local governance over time.
The Basics of Public Engagement
Information and resources about the “basics” of public engagement benefits, principles, design, and other related topics to help local and regional agencies successfully involve residents and others in local public decision-making.
The Institute of Local Government Studies
Institute of Local Government Studies
The Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) is the leading academic center for research and teaching on local governance and strategic public management. INLOGOV Briefings cover a wide range of current topics. The aim of the Briefings is to share knowledge and stimulate debate.
International Association of Facilitators
International Association of Facilitators
The International Association of Facilitators (IAF) is a participatory organization with members in more than 65 countries. As a professional association, IAF set internationally accepted industry standards, provides accreditation, supports a community of practice, advocates and educates on the power of facilitation and embraces the diversity of facilitators.
International Association for Public Participation
International Association for Public Participation
The International Association for Public Participation is an association of members who seek to promote and improve the practice of public participation / public engagement in relation to individuals, governments, institutions, and other entities that affect the public interest in nations throughout the world. Its mission is to advance and extend the practice of public participation through professional development, certification, standards of practice, core values, advocacy and key initiatives with strategic partners around the world.
Kettering Foundation
Kettering Foundation
The Kettering Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of cooperative research. Kettering’s primary research question is, what does it take to make democracy work as it should? Kettering’s research is conducted from the perspective of citizens and focuses on what people can do collectively to address problems affecting their lives, their communities, and their nation.
National Institutes of Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Principles of Community Engagement
Report providing public health professionals, health care providers, researchers, and community-based leaders and organizations with both a science base and practical guidance for engaging partners in projects that may affect them.
National Institutes of Health; Department of Health and Human Services
Tox Town
Tox Town provides consumer-level information on everyday locations and situations where you might be exposed to toxic chemicals. This site will help you better understand risks of exposure, potential health effects, and how to protect yourself.
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Environmental Justice (SMAQMD)
SMAQMD's Environmental Justice (EJ) documents, including their EJ implementation plan and public participation handbook.
University of Delaware: Institute for Public Administration
Complete Communities Toolbox
The Complete Communities Toolbox provides several best practices for public engagement activities, land use code elements, and complete street guidelines.
University of California - Davis: Environmental Health Sciences Center
Building Equitable Partnerships for Environmental Justice
This curriculum is a two-day workshop that walks researchers and community groups through the essential tenets of community participatory research. It covers everything from building equitable partnerships and understanding power dynamics, to leveraging university resources and more.
University of Kansas: Center for Community Health and Development
Community Tool Box
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. The mission of the project is to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
MAP-IT: A Guide to Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community
A framework that can be used to plan and evaluate public health interventions to achieve Healthy People 2020 objectives.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Public Participation Guide: Internet Resources on Public Participation
U.S. EPA's public participation materials.
Urban Air Toxics Outreach and Education
Air toxics tend to pose greater risks in urban areas. EPA has supported a number of education and outreach initiatives, which are summarized here.
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution was established by Congress in 1998 to provide impartial collaboration, consensus-building, and conflict resolution services. The Institute's work enhances multiparty problem solving and decision-making by helping parties work together, build a shared understanding of issues, address concerns, and develop strong outcomes.