About NDRC

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Rockefeller Foundation are collaborating to provide resources and support to communities to make them more resilient, given the risks of extreme weather due to climate change and other factors. HUD is implementing the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) to this end, making nearly $1 billion in funds available to communities impacted by natural disasters from 2011-2013. The Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) is supporting the State of Connecticut Department of Housing and partner agencies preparing an application for this competition. Read the NDRC fact sheet (pdf) to learn more.

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HUD preselected the State of Connecticut as the eligible applicant for this grant. Within the State of Connecticut, Fairfield and New Haven counties were determined by HUD to be the most impacted and distressed areas. CIRCA is helping the State of Connecticut Department of Housing Sandy Recovery team and partner agencies prepare an application for the Phase I, “framing phase” of the grant competition that will include unmet needs for recovery from Sandy as well as vulnerabilities to current and future extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change. The application will include a general concept to address as many of those vulnerabilities as possible within Fairfield and New Haven counties with an eye towards ideas that are transferable and replicable for the rest of the state. If the State is successful in its application for Phase I, Connecticut will be invited to participate in the Phase II application process where specific recovery and resiliency projects will be proposed for funding. Funding is awarded at the end of Phase II. There is no funding awarded at the end of Phase I. Click the image on the right to view a timeline for the grant application.

The application for the State of Connecticut is being developed by an interagency committee with agency representatives who are active in the area of resilience for the State. The Department of Housing will submit the application to HUD, but the content of the application reflects the work of multiple agencies across the state. CIRCA is a partnership between UConn and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. CIRCA was invited by the State interagency committee to put together a team to assist the state in preparing the application.