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About us
The screening tool
On January 27, 2021, President Biden directed the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to create a climate and economic justice screening tool. The purpose of the tool is to help Federal agencies identify disadvantaged communities and provide socioeconomic, environmental, and climate information and data to inform decisions that may affect these communities. The tool identifies disadvantaged communities as communities of focus through publicly available, nationally consistent, high-quality data.
The current version of the tool is in a public beta form and will be updated based on feedback from the public.
The Justice40 Initiative
The tool will provide important information for the Justice40 Initiative. The goal of the Justice40 Initiative is to provide 40-percent of the overall benefits of certain federal programs in seven key areas to disadvantaged communities. These seven key areas are: climate change, clean energy and energy efficiency, clean transit, affordable and sustainable housing, training and workforce development, the remediation and reduction of legacy pollution, and the development of critical clean water infrastructure.
Read more about the Justice40 Initiative in President Biden’s Orden ejecutiva sobre la lucha contra la crisis climática en el país y en el extranjero.
How to get started
Federal program managers
Download the screening tool’s draft list of communities of focus. Explore data that may be useful to your program, and provide feedback on the tool.
Community members
Explore data about communities of focus in your area, and help provide feedback on the tool.
Get involved
Send feedback
Have ideas about how this tool can be improved to better reflect the on-the-ground experiences of your community?
Join the open source community
The screening tool’s code is open source, which means it is available for the public to view and contribute to. Anyone can view and contribute on GitHub.