Event Date(s):
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET; 2:00pm CT/1:00pm MT/12:00pm PT/11:00am Alaska/10:00am Hawaii
Location:
Via Zoom
Event category:
State Planning for Future Resiliency: Assessment, Mitigation and Funding
During this virtual policy round-table event, subject matter experts informed us how state legislators and state stakeholders are evolving from emergency response focus to comprehensive resiliency planning and investing in pre-disaster mitigation as states are increasingly faced with unprecedented incidents and effects of natural disasters.
Moderated by:
Washington State Representative Cindy Ryu, Chair, WIG Board of Directors
Washington State Representative Cindy Ryu, Chair, WIG Board of Directors
Featuring:
- Sarah Edwards, Senior Associate, Flood-Prepared Communities, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Robert T. Martin Jr., Director, West Virginia State Resiliency Office
Link to Presentation Slide Deck
Resources:
- Flood Prepared Communities
- States Work to Get Ahead of Frequent and Costly Flooding
- Flood Mitigation Can Prepare Communities, Limit Risk, and Reduce Disaster Costs
- New State Resiliency Office director still settling in, stressed flood protection update to state lawmakers
- Community Development Block Grant Program
- West Virginia Community Advancement and Development
- Lower Mud River — Milton, West Virginia Flood Risk Management Project
- West Virginia Silver Jackets Community of Practice (CoP)
- West Virginia State Resiliency Office
- Report: The Cost of Climate: America’s Growing Flood Risk (First Street Foundation)
- Report: Washington Disaster Resiliency Work Group (Office of the Insurance Commissioner of Washington State)