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The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) was established in the Code of Virginia pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 10.1, Article 4, Section 10.1-603.24 and Section 10.1-603-25 and the provisions of § 10.1-1330. Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which was passed during the 2020 session of the General Assembly.
The fund was established to provide support for regions and localities across Virginia to reduce the impacts of flooding, including flooding driven by climate change. The fund will prioritize projects that are in concert with local, state and federal floodplain management standards, local resilience plans and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The fund will empower communities to complete vulnerability assessments, and develop action-oriented approaches to bolster flood preparedness and increase resilience.
The following conditions shall apply to the use of moneys allocated from the fund:
DCR is accepting public comments for the Round 5 Community Flood Preparedness Fund draft manual. The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance regarding the policies, criteria, conditions, and procedures for determining project eligibility and awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.
The comment draft of the Round 5 CFPF manual uses the text of the previous manual from Round 4, with minor updates to account for recent legislative changes. Given the success of this prior round, and general stakeholder understanding of how the CFPF functions under the Round 4 Manual, DCR believes that it will function as a useful baseline for interested parties to submit comments.
In addition to general feedback, DCR encourages stakeholders to provide comments on:
After reviewing public comment and making any necessary and appropriate amendments, the official manual will be published to the DCR website. DCR intends to host at least one public meeting (which may be virtual) during the comment period to solicit feedback from interested parties.
Round 5 Community Flood Preparedness Fund draft manual
Round 5 Public Comments Meeting
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The application period is closed. See the list of awards.
The application period is closed. See the list of awards.
The application period is closed. See the list of awards
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The application period is closed. See the list of awards.