California Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 — Implementation Grants

FundingUp to $27,500,000 per Implementation Grant; approximately $82.5 million available for three awards.

DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time; required Implementation Pre-Proposal was due June 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Last verifiedSeptember 27, 2026

Required next actionOnly Implementation Grant teams that timely submitted the required June 30, 2026 Pre-Proposal should proceed. Confirm the Lead Applicant and Co-Applicant structure, eligible Project Area, collaborative governance, required strategy documentation and current Submittable materials, then complete and submit the final Implementation Grant application in Submittable by September 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Teams using Strategy 13 must also have satisfied the separate June 15, 2026 proposal requirement.

Broad Eligibility

Lead Applicant must be California-based and an eligible Tribe, Tribally-owned nonprofit, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, public/local agency, special district, joint powers authority, public utility, local publicly owned utility, or mutual water company. Implementation generally requires at least two Co-Applicants, a city/county/Tribal government as a Lead or Co-Applicant as applicable, collaborative governance, an eligible Project Area, and a timely June 30, 2026 Pre-Proposal.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100. This is a large, highly competitive California community-development and infrastructure opportunity for disadvantaged communities. Implementation Grant applicants had to submit the required June 30, 2026 Pre-Proposal before advancing to the September 30 final application. Strong applications should align community-defined projects with TCC's environmental, health and economic benefit goals, preserve the required collaborative governance structure, and use the current Submittable application rather than relying on preview documents.

The California Strategic Growth Council Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Round 6 Implementation Grants provide up to $27.5 million per award for coordinated neighborhood-scale projects in disadvantaged communities. Approximately $82.5 million is available for three Implementation awards, with a six-year grant term. Eligible strategies include Health Equity and Well-Being, Indoor Air Quality, Community Resilience Centers, housing, mobility, energy, water, greening and other coordinated climate/community investments.

The Round 6 Guidelines expressly allow Health Equity and Well-Being projects, including community resource centers and costs associated with resources that support health equity. Strategy 8 can include local health departments, public schools/school districts, locally operating health systems, hospitals, clinics and health plans as Lead or Co-Applicants for eligible projects. The Guidelines also contemplate equipment purchased with reimbursable project funds and subcontractor participation. This creates a strong applicant-led Path B/C for N9+ and/or QC Healthcare when the technology or clinical service is a material component of the community-defined health-equity strategy and is accepted in the approved work plan, budget and procurement structure.

Important eligibility gate: all Round 6 Implementation applicants were required to submit a Pre-Proposal by June 30, 2026. Applicants that did not submit one will not be reviewed or considered. Applicant outreach should therefore target only organizations/teams whose timely Pre-Proposal submission can be verified.

Source verificationOfficial government source · sgc.ca.govAtlas last verified this record September 27, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗