SBA Urges CEQ To Make Major Changes To Justice40 Screening Tool

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Advocacy is joining widespread calls for the White House to add more socioeconomic indicators and to change some indicators included in the beta version of its Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), intended to identify the most disadvantaged communities eligible for Justice40 funding. SBA in its May 25 comments recommends that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) ensure that “no important indicators . . . have been overlooked,” and says...