Title: southwest louisiana and central acadiana resilient future recipient: bywater institute, tulane university project type: regional collaborative building and strategy development (track one)…

This $1,998,800 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) supports a regional collaborative planning and strategy development project led by the Bywater Institute at Tulane University. The project aims to develop a coordinated vision and sustainable resilience-focused action plan for Louisiana's southwest and central Acadiana regions. Key activities include analyzing existing plans, characterizing climate risks, defining best practices, prioritizing potential projects, evaluating policies, and developing engineering reports to advance priority resilience initiatives. The project will also establish a regional collaborative to support long-term coordination, implementation, evaluation, and knowledge/resource sharing. This foundational work is intended to fill technical and data gaps, strengthen coordination across governments, assess existing resilience efforts, and evaluate equity impacts to meet the future needs of these coastal communities.

Title: southwest louisiana and central acadiana resilient future recipient: bywater institute, tulane university project type: regional collaborative building and strategy development (track one) funding amount: $1,998,800 congressional district: LA-02 summary: to develop a coordinated vision and sustainable resilience-focused action plan for louisianas southwest and central acadiana, this project will use a multi-pronged approach for community-based regional planning and governance. Activities include analyzing existing plans; characterizing climate risk; defining best practices; prioritizing potential projects; evaluating policies; and developing engineering reports to move prioritized projects toward implementation. To meet future needs, the project will set up a regional collaborative that offers continued coordination, implementation, evaluation, as well as sustained knowledge and resource sharing. This funding supports foundational building blocks needed for long-term success, filling in technical and data-related information gaps; helping communities identify and use appropriate data and tools; strengthening coordination between governments at all scales, including tribal; assessing the robustness of existing resilience projects, policies, and programs; and evaluating equity impacts.