Accelerating resiliency planning in communities across the Commonwealth
CFPF funding provides communities across Virginia with the resources they need to address the impacts of increasing flooding events. Rural communities, who often face a gap in capacity and funding, can use this funding to close those gaps and address flooding impacts. Take a look at how Martinsville, Halifax, and South Boston are using the funding to build their flood resilience.
After a decade of experiencing critical flood events, Martinsville, Halifax, and South Boston received grant funding from the Community Flood Preparedness Fund for capacity building and benchmarking community flood resilience.
Our winters are getting colder. Learn why this is happening and what local governments can do to prepare.
What can be done to reduce violence in communities? One recent trend to combat community-wide violence is the creation of urban green spaces.
The Centers for Disease Control Office of Health Equity exists to ensure health equity is embedded in an all-of-public health approach to overcoming persistent health disparities and health inequities across a range of population groups that disproportionately experience poor health outcomes.
Collaborative Alliance for Central and Southwest Virginia + Funding Hub + Program and Project Updates + Listening Session + Strengthening Virginia’s Communities + EPA IRA Community Change Grants Program + Coastal Resilience Web Explorer + NOAA Restoration Atlas + GMU Local Climate Action Planning Initiative + MARISA Data, Tools, and Climate Adaptation Resources + Resilient Virginia Resources + Resilience News + The Fifth National Climate Assessment + Small Communities, Big Challenges: Rural Environmental Public Health Needs Prize Competition + Communities LEAP Cohort 2 + Unpacking Biden’s Climate Framework + more
$2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding available through EPA’s Community Change Grants program.
So much is happening that it’s easy to miss something. This is our brief weekly highlight of a few things we’ve see happening across Virginia.
CFPF funding provides communities across Virginia with the resources they need to address the impacts of increasing flooding events. Rural communities, who often face a gap in capacity and funding, can use this funding to close those gaps and address flooding impacts. Take a look at how Martinsville, Halifax, and South Boston are using the funding to build their flood resilience.
After a decade of experiencing critical flood events, Martinsville, Halifax, and South Boston received grant funding from the Community Flood Preparedness Fund for capacity building and benchmarking community flood resilience.
Our winters are getting colder. Learn why this is happening and what local governments can do to prepare.
What can be done to reduce violence in communities? One recent trend to combat community-wide violence is the creation of urban green spaces.
The Centers for Disease Control Office of Health Equity exists to ensure health equity is embedded in an all-of-public health approach to overcoming persistent health disparities and health inequities across a range of population groups that disproportionately experience poor health outcomes.
Collaborative Alliance for Central and Southwest Virginia + Funding Hub + Program and Project Updates + Listening Session + Strengthening Virginia’s Communities + EPA IRA Community Change Grants Program + Coastal Resilience Web Explorer + NOAA Restoration Atlas + GMU Local Climate Action Planning Initiative + MARISA Data, Tools, and Climate Adaptation Resources + Resilient Virginia Resources + Resilience News + The Fifth National Climate Assessment + Small Communities, Big Challenges: Rural Environmental Public Health Needs Prize Competition + Communities LEAP Cohort 2 + Unpacking Biden’s Climate Framework + more
$2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding available through EPA’s Community Change Grants program.
So much is happening that it’s easy to miss something. This is our brief weekly highlight of a few things we’ve see happening across Virginia.
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