Our team is dedicated to offering comprehensive, free-of-charge technical assistance to municipalities, regional councils, redevelopment agencies, state and tribal governments and non-profit organizations. We are committed to providing support in a variety of services aimed at fostering community development, economic growth and sustainable practices to empower organizations to achieve their objectives effectively and efficiently, ensuring long-term positive impacts for the communities they serve.
Every community and organization tackling environmental and energy equity challenges has unique and evolving needs. Our program managers, community program coordinators and partners are here to support your needs by offering resources and connections.
Examples of our support services include:
- Assisting you in establishing a nonprofit organization with official 501(c)(3) designation
- Helping you find the right grant for your community project
- Hosting a virtual or in-person needs assessment for your community
- Collaborating with you to build a project budget
- Connecting you with environmental organizations across the region to support coalition-building and partnership development
- Providing support in engaging with government processes and navigating federal systems such as Grants.gov and SAM.gov.
We create customized training programs tailored to the unique needs of communities and offer tools, templates and resources to help communities enhance existing training opportunities. We connect communities with our training materials and assist them in applying their knowledge to real-time issues and projects.
Examples of our training services include:
- Hosting virtual or in-person training sessions on various topics such as navigating and applying for grants, environmental justice concepts, environmental project design basics, community needs assessments and more.
- Curating a custom resource hub for your organization based on the topics you need assistance with, complete with information on how to leverage these resources for progress on your environmental and energy projects.
- Providing one-on-one consultations with our community program coordinators to identify specific training needs and develop or provide appropriate training based on your community's unique requirements.
Our team can provide SWOT Analysis service to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to EJ challenges and goals.
Examples of our needs assessment services include:
- Stakeholder Mapping/Analysis service to help visualize the impact of the proposed changes on diverse stakeholders in the community
- Strategic planning service to help communities develop their EJ-related Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans
- Roadmap development service to evaluate Multisector Collaborations strategies and methods via training
- Data collection service to evaluate local needs and resources as well as awareness, perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and environmental/ public health outcomes of EJ-related agendas
Not sure where to start?
We can assist in identifying the challenges your community faces. Even if your environmental and energy initiatives fall outside the support scope of the New England EJ TCTAC, we can offer external resources and connect you with organizations that may be able to help.
Reach out to us today for a consultation!