OVERVIEW

The California Resilience Partnership’s Project Preparation Program (CRP-PPP) will support communities in advancing infrastructure projects that build equity and resilience and show great promise for community impact by preparing these projects to capitalize upon unprecedented levels of federal and state funding.

The passage of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, and of California’s historic 2021 and 2022 State budget, have unlocked a once in a generation amount of federal and state resources to support critical infrastructure investments. The need for these investments has never been more urgent, as communities across the state face mounting existential climate risks and historic inequality only exacerbated by the pandemic. The CRP Project Preparation Program aims to ensure that communities most in need of these investments can overcome barriers and achieve inter-generalization impact.

 

Program scope of a typical infrastructure project includes:

 

The Program identifies promising, community-supported projects and work with partners and key stakeholders to:

 

Create Stronger Project Narratives

Incorporate Additional Equity and Resilience Benefits

Mitigate Obstacles to Success

Identify State and Federal Funding Sources, Including Options for Meeting Local Match Requirements

Build Lasting Capacity to Develop Future Projects

 
 
 

Project leaders from selected communities may receive: 

 

Assistance on writing competitive grant applications

Technical design and cost-benefit analysis support from leading global design and build firms

Capacity support in producing materials to help secure project funding, including a concept note and roadshow

Support for community engagement, including through small grants

Technical support in incorporating global best practices in project design in a way that best supports community needs

 
 

This program was funded to cover the following activities:

Project level kick-off sharing current state of project detail

Project diagnosis and planning for in-person workshops

Project Agenda Setting Workshop

Enhancing the impact story: Maturing the project goals

Mapping and understanding the Funding landscape

Community stakeholder input and design

High-level project work plan

Deeper project definition through Direct Technical Assistance

Could include:

  • Preliminary Design Drawings

  • Cost benefit analysis

  • Improved costing estimates & funding strategies

  • Enhanced project-benefits

Enhanced and competitive project narrative and roadshow

Clear funding roadmap

Federal and State Grant writing support

Action plan for next phases of project