California Air Resources Board – Community Support Team
ISC is one of two statewide project administrators for CARB’s Planning and Capacity Building program, providing administrative support to awardees within three CARB programs.
Project Details:
The California Air Resource Board (CARB) administers three grant programs through their Planning and Capacity Building program that are intended to increase transportation equity in disadvantaged and low-income communities.
ISC serves as a statewide project administrator for CARB’s Planning and Capacity Building program, providing administrative support to awardees within the three CARB programs through April 2027. The project is hosting meetings every other month through October 2026, with the first held in July of 2025.
The administrator team provides a holistic approach to support CARB awardees to ensure projects are planned and executed in an equity-based process to create transformational impacts across the state. CARB’s work supports 18 grantees across the following programs:
- Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS) funds a variety of clean transportation and supporting projects in and around school communities, including zero-emission vehicles, charging infrastructure, active and alternative modes of transportation, fleet and energy transition plans, education, curriculum, workforce training, and more.
- Planning and Capacity Building (Planning) projects are intended to increase transportation equity in disadvantaged and low-income communities by improving the local understanding of residents’ transportation needs, helping develop organizational and community capacity-building so communities are ready to plan for clean transportation solutions, and preparing communities to implement community-identified projects.
- Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) funds a variety of clean transportation and supporting projects, such as public transit and shared mobility services, active transportation infrastructure, land use planning and housing policy, workforce development, and clean transportation planning and education. Funded projects work together within low-income and disadvantaged communities to increase transportation equity.
CARB – By the Numbers
3 CARB Programs
18 Grantees
9 Support Sessions
The Problem
Historically, grant programs and the technical assistance meant to support them have—both by design and unintentinoally—left out Black, Brown, and low-income communities. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) created the Planning and Capacity Building (PCB) Program to change that.
CARB delivers focused, hands-on support to the communities who need it most, every step of the way in transportation project planning. These projects center community voices, ensuring the people most impacted have the power to shape the transportation decisions that affect their daily lives.
Objectives
- Improve the local understanding of residents’ transportation needs
- Develop organizational and community capacity-building so communities are ready to plan for clean transportation solutions
- Prepare communities to implement projects that fill transportation gaps and improve access to clean transportation
The main part of ISC’s work with CARB is the Community Support Team (CST). These team allow a level of equitable planning support to the awardees that has not been created within CARB programs. Members of the CST also provide guidance and advice based on their perspectives, expertise, and lived experiences.
What We Do
CARB Grant Awardees
through bi-monthly virtual check-ins. There will be a total of 16 check-in meetings facilitated by ISC team members.
On Topics Like:
equitable community engagement, project management, storytelling, and more.
In CARB Meetings
and quarterly check-ins with grantees and partners.