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Yale program administrator outlines four local heat and air-quality pilot projects for BRACE program
Summary
Alex Rockman of Yale summarized four pilot projects funded through BRACE, describing priorities in Ledge Light, Stamford, Waterberry and Bridgeport and reminding grantees that Local Heat and Air Quality Response Plans are due to the Department of Public Health on Aug. 1, 2026.
Alex Rockman, program administrator for the Center on Climate Change and Health at Yale, opened the meeting with an update on BRACE-funded pilot grants and said contracts with local health departments "have been fully executed." He said Yale and the Department of Public Health will support local health departments (LHDs) as they develop Local Heat and Air Quality Response Plans (LHAQPs) with a health‑equity lens; the plans are due to DPH on Aug. 1, 2026, and the contract period runs through Aug. 31, 2026.
Rockman gave a brief overview of four newly funded grantees. Ledge Light Health District, which covers nine towns in…
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