Emergency Preparedness Funding Programs
This tab includes federal funding sources that have been used to support emergency preparedness and examples of how state and local governments are funding and financing adaptation and emergency preparedness. This is not intended to be a list of available grants for adaptation.
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The California Wildfire Mitigation Program (CWMP) aims to build community resilience to wildfires in primarily underserved populations by providing assistance for retrofits and other practices that can help reduce wildfire risk.
Related Organizations: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire)
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October 2, 2025
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environment’s Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF) was initiated in 2023 to support community, infrastructure, and energy resilience projects. Government entities and others in the community can apply for funding to support infrastructure planning in the face of more severe weather events and a decline in federal funding.
Related Organizations: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)
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2025
Administered by the South Carolina Department of Insurance, the South Carolina Safe Home program provides coastal property owners with matching and non-matching funds to retrofit their homes in order to increase hurricane and extreme weather resilience.
Related Organizations: South Carolina Department of Insurance
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June 20, 2025
In June 2025, the Rhode Island General Assembly approved House Bill 6252, authorizing the Resilient Rhody Infrastructure Fund, a revolving fund that supports local climate resiliency projects.
Related Organizations: State of Rhode Island
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April 3, 2024
Wisconsin’s Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant program, established in 2024 through Wisconsin Act 265, aims to improve disaster resilience by helping communities assess flood vulnerabilities, identify potential solutions, and improve resilience through hydrological restoration efforts.
Related Organizations: Wisconsin Emergency Management Department of Military Affairs
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December 9, 2023
The Nature-Based Solutions Resource Guide 2. 0, released by the White House in December of 2023, aims to encourage implementation and awareness of nature-based solutions employed by federal agencies and partners. The Guide defines nature-based solutions as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural or modified ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing benefits for people and the environment. ” Nature-based solutions can be used to provide a wide range of benefits, such as supporting wildlife, reducing heat stress, reducing future disaster risk, and overcoming environmental injustices.
Related Organizations: White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) , White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
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2023
Established in 2023 through a one-time appropriation of $100 million in state funds, the Minnesota Climate Resiliency and Water Infrastructure Grant program provided funding for local and Tribal governments across the state to pursue climate resilience and infrastructure projects.
Related Organizations: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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May 1, 2023
West Virginia’s Senate Bill 677, enacted May 1, 2023, amended the State Resiliency and Flood Protection Planning Act initially enacted in 2017 to expand the framework for flood resilience and disaster recovery. SB 677 created the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund, affirmed that the State Resiliency Office is responsible for statewide coordination of disaster recovery and resiliency, and legislatively mandated new duties for the State Resiliency Officer.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
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May 1, 2023
The West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund, established in 2023 by Senate Bill 677, is a special revenue fund established to support financing state Flood Resiliency Plans throughout West Virginia.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
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December 20, 2022
In December of 2022, President Biden signed S.3875, the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act, into law. The Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act designates zones in disadvantaged communities that are “most at risk to natural hazards.” If a community is designated under the Act, it will receive targeted federal funding and increased federal cost-share for projects that reduce the impacts of natural hazards and climate change. In May 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a notice and request for public input The comment period closes July 25, 2023 .
Related Organizations: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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