Washington State Department of Health Environmental Justice Participatory Budgeting Design Pilot
Washington State / ONGOING
The 2023-2025 state budget allocated the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) with funds for projects that address decarbonization and climate resilience in overburdened communities following a recommendation from the state Environmental Justice Council. The projects were to be selected through a community informed budgeting process. Seva Workshop is supporting the initiation of this process by facilitating a youth Steering Committee representing three of priority communities: Yakima County, Spokane’s East Central neighborhood, and Tacoma. Seva Workshop is coordinating the meeting series, facilitating meetings, developing content and curricula, and supporting the Steering Committee to define decarbonization and climate resilience at the community level, and develop recommendations for the participatory budgeting pilot.
