Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding: June Community Development Newsletter

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Date: June 13th 2019

Welcome to our June Newsletter! In this edition you will find information about funding and resources for your community to prepare for or recover from natural disasters, as well as other news and information about fire hazards as we head into wildfire season. We also have information about opportunities to send representatives to state-sponsored emergency preparedness training. There are also several community development programs seeking applicants in June and July, including rural design assistance, farmer's market marketing assistance and an opportunity to apply for youth serving in AmeriCorps to help in your community.

Please contact us with any questions and thank you for supporting the Utah Community Development Office.

- Keith Heaton, Director of Community Development

ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES

HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM

Funds available for declared disaster restoration and long-term mitigation

The Utah Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Division facilitates grants to local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration.The purpose of the program is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster declaration.

For more information, contact Program Manager Brad Bartholomew

2019 FARMER'S MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM

Grant Application Period is Open through June 18, 2019

The purpose of the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) is to increase domestic consumption of, and access to, locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets.

Entities that are eligible to apply include:

Agricultural businesses
Agricultural cooperatives
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) networks
CSA associations
Economic development corporations
Local governments

Application information and instructions are available at the USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program Website

THE CITIZEN'S INSTITUTE ON RURAL DESIGN

Request for Applications open through July 22, 2019

The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™ will continue its tradition of oﬀering local design workshops that address speciﬁc community challenges, and also create a new cohort learning program that will engage rural leaders from up to 20 additional communities.

All rural communities of 50,000 or less are eligible to apply for the CIRD local workshop and learning cohort opportunities.

Learn more about the program here

TOOLS YOU CAN USE

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCE COMMUNITIES GUIDE

A planning resource for ENRC communities

The best proactive approach energy and natural resource communities can take is to ensure their plans, budgets, and long-range capital asset planning reflect the possibility of change to maintain continued service viability and protect residents’ quality of life, no matter what the future may bring.

Building off of previous studies on Utah Coal, Uintah Basin Oil, and Zero-Growth Planning, and supplemented with additional research, the Utah Community Development Office has assembled this guide as a one-stop resource to assist energy and natural resource communities in building and maintaining resiliency.

Explore this resource here

AMERICORPS NCCC ASSISTANCE

Requests for Applications open for projects running November 2019 to July 2020

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is a federal, national service program for 18-24 year-olds from diverse backgrounds, that strengthens communities and develops leaders through team-based national and community service. NCCC provides the ‘people power’ for short-term, high-impact projects that address critical community needs.

Round 1 Application Deadline July 17, 2019

Learn more about applying for NCCC assistance in your community here

Utah Region Americorps Coordinator
James Griffin
916-640-0333
jgriffin@PROTECTED

COMING UP

BASIC PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER COURSE

FEMA-Sponsored training free to public servants engaged in public communication

Free training courses. This 2-day classroom course is an updated, shortened, and revised version of the previous G290 course. The revised course emphasizes skills development, addresses the impact of technology on emergency public information, and is tailored to the needs of PIOs in rural Utah.

Learn more about all DEM training opportunities here

Upcoming PIO Training Sessions
July 10-11, 2019 10 AM
Duschene County Emergency Mangement EOC

October 9-10, 2019 10:30 AM
Saratoga Springs Fire/EMS

Utah Rural Summit
The Utah Rural Summit is the premier rural summit with a rich history of convening Utah’s top leaders and decision-makers to influence the economic viability of rural Utah. Hosted in Cedar City on Southern Utah University’s campus, the summit provides the ideal platform where partnerships will discuss some of the most influential topics impacting rural Utah.

Southern Utah University
September 3, 2019
Find more information here

IN THE NEWS

FEMA GRANTS $1 MILLION FOR FIRE RESTORATION

Utah Department of Public Safety

Release by FEMA | www.fema.gov | Published June 3, 2019

DENVER – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced several grants for the State of Utah that will make more than $1 million dollars available for reseeding a number of burn scar areas as well as for the purchase of mobile weather stations that can provide real-time data of conditions at burn scar sites.

The first grant is providing $1 million to the Utah Department of Natural Resouces (DNR) for its reseeding program. The funds will be used for post fire soil stabilization and habitat rehabilitation efforts for for areas impacted by the Dollar Ridge, Hilltop, and Pole Creek/Bald Mountain Fires. Efforts include aerial seeding of 38,434 acres with native grasses to also mitigate against invasive species.

Read on here

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