DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Florida Resilient Coastlines Program Grant Application Announcement, Request for Applications, FY 2021-2022
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is committed to marshaling resources to prepare Florida’s coastal communities and habitats for the effects of climate change, especially rising sea levels. The Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection is here to help prepare Florida’s communities and habitats for changes resulting from sea level rise by providing funding and technical assistance to prepare Florida’s coastal communities and continuing to promote and ensure a coordinated approach to sea level rise planning among state, regional and local agencies.
Resilience Planning Grants (RPGs) and Resilience Implementation Grants (RIGs) are available to Florida communities that are required to have a coastal management element in their comprehensive plan. The purpose of RPGs is to promote community resilience planning including compliance with the “Peril of Flood” statute (Sec. 163.3178(2)(f) F.S.), analysis of vulnerabilities and risks, and the development of plans and policies that allow communities to better weather changing coastal conditions and recover and move forward faster following disasters. The purpose of RIGs is to assist coastal communities in implementing their adaptation/resilience plans by supporting nature-based options for erosion and flood control, elevation of public structures, and projects specifically included in existing adaptation/resilience plans.
All documents/links and details can be found under the Grants link at https://floridadep.gov/resilience.
All applications must be received no later than 12:00 Noon, ET, October 9, 2020.
Please note the following important details regarding the application process for FY 2021-22:
1. Application deadline is 12:00 Noon on October 9, 2020.
2. Applications must be submitted via the online application program.
3. Projects must be completed by April 30, 2021.
4. RPG Applications can request up to $75,000.
5. RIG Applications can request up to $500,000.
6. One application per applicant may be submitted per state fiscal year cycle (i.e., one application per county or city).
7. Recipients are not required to provide a match.
For questions on the applications, please contact Florida Resilient Coastlines Program via (850)245-2094 or email to Resilience@FloridaDEP.gov.
