(resilience planning funding opportunity) FW: DEP News Release: NEW JERSEY MAKES $10 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR MORE TOWNS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING

[Nathaly Agosto Filion]

Hi all -- this is the funding program that supported Newark in developing the Resilient Northeastern NJ action plan in collaboration with Jersey City, Hoboken and Bayonne. 

For folks who work across the state, please share -- the application requires at least 3 neighboring municipalities to collaborate to request funding. Feel free to poke me if you have questions, this initiative is run out of my office at the NJDEP.

cheers, 

Nat

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Date: Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Subject: FW: DEP News Release: NEW JERSEY MAKES $10 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR MORE TOWNS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING
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Subject: DEP News Release: NEW JERSEY MAKES $10 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR MORE TOWNS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING

 

 

 

NEW JERSEY MAKES $10 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR MORE TOWNS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING

TRENTON (25/P39) – The Murphy Administration will make an additional $10 million available for the Resilient NJ program to provide grants to groups of municipalities that develop plans to make their communities more resilient to climate impacts, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette said today.

The Resilient NJ program, administered through DEP’s Office of Climate Resilience, will use this round of funding to provide grants of up to $300,000 to municipalities that join with others to establish self-identified regions, and then work to develop regional Resilience Action Plans. Grant applications are available beginning today (Aug. 18, 2025) and are due Tuesday, Oct. 14. A public webinar on the grant program is planned for early September.

“Municipalities across all 21 counties face unique climate challenges, including coastal and riverine flooding, wildfires, and extreme temperatures that extend beyond municipal borders,” Commissioner LaTourette said. “I encourage local leaders to take advantage of this opportunity for regional collaboration to advance actions that will make our communities more resilient to climate change.”

Resilience Action Plans are crafted to increase resilience, build local capacity, and allow local governments to address their unique needs. The plans also give municipalities an opportunity to identify and implement innovative regional solutions to address climate change-related risks, while enhancing the value and integrity of ecological, economic, recreational, and natural resources in their communities.

Funding Background

The $10 million in funding is made available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of the Building a Climate Ready NJ initiative, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Resilient NJ is open to municipalities in all 21 New Jersey counties.

“The Resilient NJ program has supported resilience planning in over 40 municipalities to date. The Resilience Action Plans produced through those efforts have resulted in over $26 million in additional implementation projects, demonstrating the value of the program,” said Nick Angarone, New Jersey’s Chief Resilience Officer. “We look forward to expanding the reach of the Resilient NJ program and providing assistance to as many communities as possible.”

As many as six regional teams will receive grants of up to $300,000 each to improve climate resilience in their communities. Teams will self-select their member municipalities and may cross county borders. DEP will match the selected regions with experienced consulting teams and provide oversight of the program.

Regional teams must be made up of at least three contiguous municipalities and at least one community-based organization. County governments, regional planning commissions, and utility authorities are also eligible to participate.

Building Resilience

The selected regional teams will be paired with multidisciplinary consulting teams of planners, engineers, ecologists, designers, and other experts to participate in a comprehensive planning process to develop regional Resilience Action Plans and ultimately implement selected actions from those plans. Consultant teams will be provided a budget separate from the awarded regional team grants.

Grant applications are now available and due by Tuesday, Oct. 14. Selected regional teams will be notified by Friday, Nov. 21. For more information and application materials, visit https://resilient.nj.gov/. A public webinar to learn more about the grant program will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3. Click here to register.

Later this year, a Request for Proposals will be released to choose the consulting teams that will partner with the winning regional teams. Each regional team and its consulting team will assess current and future climate hazard vulnerabilities; identify specific actions to reduce hazard risk; evaluate those options using a detailed cost-benefit analysis; develop Resilience Action Plans; and support the regions with planning action implementation.

Once all regions and consulting teams have been selected and matched, projects may kick off in early 2026.

For more about the Resilient NJ program, visit https://resilient.nj.gov/.

To learn more about DEP’s Office of Climate Resilience, visit dep.nj.gov/ocr/

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