Southern cities, including Richmond, VA, Charlotte, NC, Louisville, KY and Sarasota, FL identified as examples of participatory climate planning excellence ATLANTA, GA — Today, the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) and the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) released a new...

SEAP recently wrapped up its support for the inaugural Our Dollars, Our Dreams community — New Orleans, LA. We assisted the Building Equity Collaborative in New Orleans for over a year in researching and refining an equity rubric and checklist...

The Summer EBT program ensures that qualifying families whose children receive free and reduced school lunches during the school year will receive $40 per child in federally-funded, pre-loaded SNAP / EBT cards for every month of summer break. Launching this...

This comprehensive report details both the impacts of climate change and the potential for federal investments to target the inequities these impacts create and compound. This edition focuses on people living in Southern states, a group particularly at risk. As...

The new Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) provide $250 million in planning grants and $4.6 billion in implementation grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution. The US Environmental Protection Agency...

The Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offer states and cities funding opportunities for infrastructure improvements across all areas, including billions in competitive grants. As states and localities apply for these funds, the Biden...