National Caucus of Environmental Legislators Outdoor Opportunity Legislative Toolkit

Initial Questions To ensure an outdoor opportunity grant program is centered around the communities it intends to serve, the following questions may be used to identify needs and approaches: • Who is this program intended to support? • What are their needs? • What are their limitations? • What barriers exist – specifically – for those communities? • What division is the grant program going to live. [...] Establishment & Communications One of the first steps in establishing and creating an outdoor opportunity grant program requires consideration up front of what the goal of the program will be as well as clear identification of who is involved in the process. [...] Be sure to ask the following questions: • Who is not part of the conversation who should be? • What perspectives might be missing? • What are the needs of the communities the program aims to serve? Legislative Relationships & Other Partnerships When establishing an outdoor opportunity grant program, it is important to consider ways to build support for the program by increasing relevant partnershi. [...] The advisory board plays a key role in the function of the program and ensures that funding is equitably distributed and reaches the communities the program intends to serve. [...] The bill also gave the outdoor recreation office the authority to administer the program and determine eligibility and evaluation criteria.