June 2024 Resiliency Conversation: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for Resiliency
Note: Due to the uncertainties at the Federal level, certain links may be temporarily or permanently inactive.
Note: Due to the uncertainties at the Federal level, certain links may be temporarily or permanently inactive.
The State of Colorado’s Office of Emergency Management is asking individuals who have been impacted by one or more disasters that occurred since 2018 to share their experiences by completing a Disaster Survivor Survey. Survey responses will help the Office of Emergency Management and partner agencies better understand, address and respond to disaster events.
In late 2023, the Department of Local Affairs in partnership with the Office of Economic Development and International Trade Rural Opportunity Office launched funding through the Rural Technical Assistance Program. Each of the Regional Community Teams that took part in the Resiliency Roadmaps Program were eligible for this non-competitive $41,000 award to advance a component of their Roadmap strategies – fulfilling our promise to communities that these plans would not just sit on a shelf.
Considerations about how we source, produce, and consume energy and the ramifications of these actions, span across all sectors and priorities of our Colorado Resilience Framework.
In this time of historic Federal funding through programs such as the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), there is a lot of opportunity for local communities to make investments in their infrastructure that will last for generations to come and help set us up to be resilient to potential impacts of the future. However, drawing down this funding takes a lot of effort, such as technical expertise, administrative capacity, grant compliance and more. This can be a challenge for smaller communities with less access to resources.