Via the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management's always useful CZ-Mail:
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in partnership with NOAA's Community-Based Restoration Program, is seeking proposals for projects at TNC priority sites throughout the United States and its territories to restore or enhance estuarine, marine, and anadromous species and their, »read moreTags: funding & assistance
Good case study on a county using FEMA Public Assistance (PA) 406 Mitigation funds to pay for post-storm recovery using a relatively innovative technique:
When technical advice from a Public Assistance Specialist recommended using a geo-textile to stabilize the embankment and make the road more resilient once repairs were completed, Lafayette County’s, »read moreTags: building, case study, funding & assistance, infrastructure, technology
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has announced the launch of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund:
As we learned with the Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989, there will be long and short-term effects. The Greater New Orleans Foundation administers the Environmental Fund, one of the region’s largest philanthropic funds solely dedicated to addressing the area’s, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, oil spill
[ORIGINAL MARCH 1 POST]:
Nothing to panic about (we don't think), but the US Senate failed to pass a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). As a result, the NFIP officially expired last night.
FEMA, meanwhile, released an announcement last Friday expressing its confidence that the program will be reauthorized when the Senate, »read moreTags: funding & assistance, insurance
A friend just passed this announcement our way:
The DHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives would like to connect you to some of our colleagues in FEMA and share information on specific grant programs to strengthen your resilience against hazards. The call will provide an overview of four programs:
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), »read moreTags: events, funding & assistance
Briefly, FEMA has announced a loan forgiveness program for government agencies that received money after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Under the new regulations, local governments that received Community Disaster Loans from FEMA can apply to have all or part of the loans erased if its revenues in the 36 months after the two major storms were insufficient to, »read moreTags: funding & assistance
The folks over at Emergency Management have posted a good summary of the newly released 2010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Grant Guidance.
While the bulk of the $2.7 billion is targeted at terrorism-related security (this is DHS, after all), there's plenty here for those looking for funding to protect coastal communities from weather and climate, »read moreTags: funding & assistance
When the Federal Government modified The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals in August, their goal was to:
". . . resolve disputes between applicants and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as to funding for public assistance applications arising from Hurricane Katrina and Rita damage."
The quick version? The special arbitration panel hears from all, »read moreTags: funding & assistance
FEMA has released a 4-page PDF called “Eligible Sand Replacement on Public Beaches” which clarifies the availability of public assistance funding for the replacement of sand on damaged public beaches.
Briefly? Under certain conditions, funding may be available for both emergency and permanent work, but it needs to meet certain requirements and not be, »read more
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has announced a competitive grant opportunity to fund the collection and processing of high resolution elevation data and orthoimagery. Priorities for The National Map: Imagery and Elevation Maps under ARRA (CFDA 15.817) include collecting elevation data over coastal areas most susceptible to storm and hurricane flooding,, »read more
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