The WEST Environmental Justice Center is one of 17 centers in the EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) Program and was established to serve EPA’s Region 9. The Center is powered by a collaborative coalition of academic and community-based partners with extensive networks with state and local government agencies, Tribal nations, Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), state offices of rural health, primary care associations, and other community-based organizations across the region.