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Project Requirements:
1. Project must be located at an existing publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in California.
2. Project site must have an existing anaerobic digestion system with excess digestion capacity.
3. Project must either have an existing food waste receiving station with excess capacity on-site or propose to construct
a new or expanded food waste receiving station infrastructure that allows for direct receipt of food waste into the
anaerobic digester(s).
a. A project that proposes to receive food waste at the headworks or through the sewage system for co-digestion
is ineligible.
4. Project must demonstrate an increase in permanent capacity for the co-digestion of food waste as a result of the grant.
5. Project must co-digest food waste and utilize the biogas that is generated to produce transportation fuel, renewable
electricity, heat, or biomethane for pipeline injection.
Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program. Funded by the California Department
of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the CLEAN Program provides low-interest loans to property owners and developers to
investigate, clean up, and redevelop abandoned and underutilized urban properties throughout California.
Applicants must go through both a Site Eligibility Determination and a Financial Determination process to qualify for these lowinterest loans.
DTSC’s goal with these funding resources is to empower communities and other stakeholders to work together in a timely
manner to facilitate the return of blighted and underutilized properties to safe and productive uses.
Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF). Launched in January 2022, CERF is a program developed by the California
Ofice of Planning and Research, the California Governor’s Ofice of Business and Economic Development, and the Labor
& Workforce Development Agency to support resilient, equitable, and sustainable regional economies. The funds will be
distributed by the California Labor Agency through the Workforce Services Branch at EDD. As of February 2022, program design
was underway and funding applications were expected to open in mid-2022.
CERF was created to promote a sustainable and equitable recovery from the economic distress of COVID-19 by supporting new
plans and strategies to diversify local economies and develop sustainable industries that create high-quality, broadly accessible
jobs for all Californians. Specifically, CERF supports communities and regional groups in producing regional roadmaps for
economic recovery and transition that prioritize the creation of accessible, high-quality jobs in sustainable industries. Initially,
CERF’s funding of $600M was appropriated to build an equitable and sustainable economy across California’s diverse regions
and foster long-term economic resilience in the overall transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
Employment Training Panel (ETP). The State of California provides funding to employers to assist in upgrading the skills
of their workers through training that leads to well-paid, long-term jobs. Established in 1982, ETP supports job creation and
retention through training. ETP is funded by a special tax on California employers and difers from other workforce development
organizations whose emphasis is on pre-employment training. ETP fulfills its mission by reimbursing the cost of employer-driven
training for incumbent workers and funding the type of training needed by unemployed workers to re-enter the workforce. This
program helps to ensure that California businesses will have the skilled workers they need to remain competitive.
Employers must be able to efectively train workers in response to changing business and industry needs. While the need
for workforce training is critical, businesses generally reserve capacity-building dollars for highly technical and professional
occupations — limiting investment in training for frontline workers who produce goods and deliver services. ETP helps to fill this
gap by funding training that is targeted to the frontline workers.
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