DOI: 10.7910/dvn/fmkbxs
title: Extracted Data From: Inflation Reduction Act Disadvantaged Communities Map Data

description: This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

"The Environmental and Climate Justice Program (ECJ Program), created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), provides funding for financial and technical assistance to carry out environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities.
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EPA has created the EPA Disadvantaged Community Environmental and Climate Justice Program map to assist potential applicants seeking to identify whether a community is disadvantaged for the purposes of implementing the ECJ Program.
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The EPA Disadvantaged Communities Environmental and Climate Justice program map includes the following components:
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EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities 1.0 map 
EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities 2.0 map 
Any area of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
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The EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities maps combines multiple datasets that individually can be used to determine whether a community is disadvantaged for the purposes of implementing programs under the IRA. All data sets are assigned values at the Census block group level.
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The criteria and associated datasets used in the maps are:
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Any census tract that is included as disadvantaged in the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
Any census block group at or above the 90th percentile for any of EJScreen’s Supplemental Indexes when compared to the nation or state,
and/or any of the following geographic areas within the Tribal lands category in EJScreen:
Alaska Native Allotments
Alaska Native Villages
American Indian Reservations
American Indian Off-reservation Trust Lands
Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Areas
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The EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities 1.0 map uses data from EJScreen version 2.2. 
The EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities 2.0 map uses data from EJScreen version 2.3. 
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To further assist applicants, EPA has provided the underlying data for the map" 
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[Quote from https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/inflation-reduction-act-disadvantaged-communities-map]
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 Note: If you have questions about the underlying data, please contact the Environmental Protection Agency (environmental-justice@epa.gov). If you have questions or recommendations related to this metadata entry, please contact the CAFE Data Management team at: climatecafe@bu.edu
description: This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information.

Inflation Reduction Act Disadvantaged Communities Map Data data was downloaded by Zach Popp on 2025-01-22 from https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPA_IRA_Public/
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