Land Use and Built Environment Funding Programs
This tab includes federal funding sources that have been used to support adaptation related to land use and examples of how state and local governments are funding and financing adaptation around land use and the built environment. 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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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 10, 2025
Connecticut Public Act No. 25-33, signed by the Governor on June 10, 2025, is a wide-reaching environmental and climate adaptation law that creates new standards and requirements for state and local government as well as the private sector. Sections 21-30 of the Act create a Resiliency Improvement District framework through which local governments can finance resilience projects.
Related Organizations: State of Connecticut
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Rhode Island’s Resilience Technical Assistance Program partners localities with the Division of Statewide Planning in facilitating consultant-led audits of local ordinances and regulations with the goal of increasing community resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Related Organizations: Rhode Island Division of State Planning
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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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November 21, 2023
The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant program (Community Change Grants) funds community-driven projects that increase community climate resilience, reduce pollution, and strengthen communities. This grant operates under the framework of the broader Environmental and Climate Justice Program (ECJP), which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act and is now contained in Section 138 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U. S. C. § 7438. The ECJP allocates $2. 8 billion to the U.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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July 24, 2023
In 2023, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill 3409
Related Organizations: State of Oregon
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June 2022
The Texas Resilient Communities Program (RCP) began in 2022 and provides funding and technical assistance to cities, counties, councils, and federally-recognized Tribes in eligible zip codes to create, adopt, and implement better building codes and flood ordinances.
Related Organizations: Texas General Land Office
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May 20, 2022
The Main Street America program offers financial and technical support to help revitalize older and historic downtowns and commercial districts in both rural and urban environments. Many states have Coordinating Programs to implement Main Street America across the country. Louisiana Main Street is Louisiana’s Coordinating Program and works with local governments in the state to preserve and maintain historic districts in Louisiana.
Local governments can look to Main Street America and state-specific programs to enhance local resilience in downtown and commercial districts by investing in municipalities and economies, including by restoring and preserving vacant lots and degraded buildings. Program grants and federal and state historic tax credits can also be used to supplement other types of funding to support overall community revitalization efforts.
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