Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP)
The California Rural Water Association is pleased to announce that the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority has been selected as a recipient of the Round 1 Regional Resilience Grant Program, provided by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR). This new grant program supports planning and implementation projects that strengthen climate change resilience at a regional scale. We’re thrilled to announce our project is one of sixteen awarded!
With the support of the Regional Resilience Grant Program, Santa Ana River Watershed Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan will be able to develop a community-informed, stakeholder-driven, and implementation-focused Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (CARP) for the Santa Ana River Watershed (SARW). This funding will enable us to:
- Build an energetic and broad-based coalition of key public, private, and community-based stakeholders that includes better representation of disadvantaged, underrepresented, and tribal communities.
- Identify and address options that address key social, economic, and regulatory constraints that hinder adaptation strategies.
- Identify multi-benefit adaptation strategies that reflect the needs and priorities of the communities and provide an equitable distribution of resilience benefits.
- Provide evidence, materials, and content that enables stakeholders to apply for implementation funding.
Find more information about the Regional Resilience Grant Program and the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program ICARP here.
We look forward to working with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and want to congratulate all the recipients of the Regional Resilience Grant Program. Together, we will build a more resilient California for All.
Learn more about the program and take the CARP Community Survey to share your input! 🌿