Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAA1400022

The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (CFDA 14.021), provides $750,000 in project grant funding to Westminster Tower, LP to finance comprehensive rehabilitation projects that improve the energy efficiency, water efficiency, and climate resilience of HUD-assisted multifamily properties in Memphis, TN. The grant will fund upgrades such as the installation...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) provides $991,759 to Resilience Force, a non-profit organization, to implement a sectoral strategy to create good climate resilience jobs and develop a skilled, scaled resilience workforce. The project, titled "A Good Jobs Blueprint in the Climate Resilience Economy", will recruit, train, and...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $2.86 million Project Grant to the District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency on September 28, 2022 under the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP; CFDA 97.111). The grant will support building regional capacity and enhancing community resilience in the face of catastrophic disasters and environmental stressors, with a focus on underserved communities and populations, as outlined in the RCPGP. Specifically, $2.86...

This $284,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assess the adaptability of resilience models across multiple scales to help communities facing disasters of increased intensity. The primary awardee, Northern Illinois University, will employ a mixed-method, multi-sited approach including public conferences, hazard mapping, risk perception surveys, and resilience plan workshops. The research aims to...

The Global Peace Foundation was awarded a $157,630 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the agency's Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The two-year grant will support efforts to increase community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of existing threats. It will also fund work to enhance local programs and partnerships to identify and intervene with...

The Hawaii Department of Defense Civil Defense Division was awarded a $945,859 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program. The goal of this three-year award expiring August 31, 2024 is to build regional capacity and enhance community resilience in Hawaii to address the needs of underserved populations in the face of catastrophic disasters and environmental stressors. Funds will support regional catastrophic preparedness...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) aims to co-develop resilience solutions to address cascading weather and environmental hazards through participatory workshops across North Carolina. The project will partner with leaders from government, industry, and non-profits to convene individuals with lived experiences of hazard events and those in at-risk areas. The workshops will combine learning sessions and...

The City of Los Angeles was awarded a $945,859 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to enhance regional capacity and resilience in response to catastrophic disasters through August 2024. The RCPGP aims to address the needs of underserved communities through building regional preparedness and response capabilities to environmental stressors. As the awardee, the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Public Safety will...

This $420,316 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program will fund the 28th Annual Meeting of The GLOBE Program, a community that has created an openly accessible database with over 300 million environmental measurements. The meeting will focus on "Climate and Resilience", exploring how GLOBE's science and data can deepen understanding of climate-related issues and increase community resilience. Key meeting strands will address using GLOBE to explore...

The City of Houston was awarded a $463,543 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP, CFDA 97.111). The grant will support regional capacity building and enhance community resilience in the face of catastrophic disasters from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Specifically, the City of Houston will focus on addressing the needs of underserved communities and populations through...