Deadline: 24-Aug-22
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is accepting applications for 2022 Municipal Assistance Program to support local and regional climate resilience planning.
Using the best available science on precipitation, temperature, and sea-level rise, Resilient NJ can help your community plan for how the changing climate may affect residents, businesses, and the natural and built environments in your area.
While the State intends to propose rules to improve stormwater and floodplain management as part of the NJDEP’s New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threats – Resilient Environments and Landscapes (NJPACT-REAL), coordinated planning and implementation at the local level is an essential component of improving resilience.
Offer of no-cost Resilience Planning
The Program seeks to fund collaborative regional planning projects that will:
- Identify and address gaps in flood resilience planning;
- Effectuate a robust outreach and engagement strategy to ensure that the community guides the process and planning, and collaboration among a wide variety of stakeholders
- Reach underserved populations; ensure representation and participation from socially vulnerable populations, and address their needs and risks;
- Develop innovative and implementable solutions that increase flood resilience in both the short- and long-term;
- Enhance the value and integrity of the ecological, recreational, and economic resources in the regions.
Eligibility Criteria
- This offer for resilience planning technical assistance is open to counties and municipalities that were identified as Most Impacted and Distressed as a result of Tropical Storm Ida.
- Municipalities may apply individually or as a region. Municipalities applying as a region should do so in a joint submission and consist of at least three municipalities which share at least one municipal border.
- Municipalities that previously received funding from the NJDEP through the Resilient NJ: Regional Resilience Planning Grants Program or an earlier round of the Municipal Assistance Program are not eligible.
For more information, visit NJDEP.
For more information, visit https://nj.gov/dep/wlm/download/rfp/rfei_resilience_planning_for_ida.pdf