Community-Based Organizations

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

Community-based organizations play a critical role in climate and health resilience. They help ensure local outreach, education, and services are culturally and linguistically grounded, accessible, and shaped by community priorities. Their trusted relationships and lived experience strengthen relevance, reach, and effectiveness.

OHA is dedicated to supporting local climate and health leadership through funding, technical assistance, and resources.

Climate and Health Funding for Community-Based Organizations

OHA’s Public Health Equity Grant funds CBOs to lead and promote community health and well-being projects, which include climate and environmental health projects. The current grant cycle runs from January 2026 – June 2027 and is closed for applications. Stay connected with OHA for the most up-to-date announcements.

Link: Explore the current list of OHA-funded grantees
Read: Learn about prior Public Health Equity Grantees' work and their impact within community
Reference: Learn about what localized climate action looks like within your county through your Local Public Health Authorities' Climate & Health Adaptaion Plans

Technical Assistance & Supports

The Climate and Health team is available for one-on-one technical assistance and supports to OHA-funded Public Health Equity Grant community-based organizations. Available technical assistance supports may include:

Climate resilience planning and action guidance
Resources on climate and health
Data and evaluation methods

Please email climate.health@odhsoha.oregon.gov for information about these options.

Climate & Health Education Toolkit

These are just a few examples of OHA resources that can help inform your climate & health programming and be shared broadly.

Graphic: Climate Impacts and Health Risks in Oregon
Read: Oregon's Key Climate and Health Messages 
Explore: Climate and Health data, tools, and resources hub - a virtual hub of that synthesizes current climate & health resources, organized by climate hazard.
Explore: Risk & Communitications Toolkit - this toolkit includes FAQs, factsheets, graphics, talking points, social media messages, press release templates available in various languages and formats, organized by climate hazard.
Guide: Air Quality Activity Guidance for Youth & Children - guidance to help families and youth-serving organizations, such as schools and athletic leagues, make decisions about participation in outdoor activities during wildfire smoke and other air pollution events.
Infographic: Climate Change and Youth Mental Health (English/ Spanish) - takeaways from an OHA study to learn about youth experiences of climate anxiety.

Climate Connections

For current OHA-funded grantees, Climate Connections is a seasonal offering for CBOs working on climate and environmental health projects to come together and share best practices, troubleshoot challenges, and nuture a network of support among peers.

Save the dates for 2026-2027!

Summer solstice gathering: 6/17/26
Summer gathering: 8/19/26
Fall: 10/21/26
Winter: 2/17/27
Summer: 6/16/27

Please reach out to climate.health@odhsoha.oregon.gov to register.