APWA Seeks Increased Local Input in Federal Flood Mitigation, Community Resilience Efforts

Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader Jeffries:

The undersigned organizations are members of the Adaptation Working Group and other likeminded organizations. The Adaptation Working Group is a coalition of national organizations that represent a broad array of stakeholders—local governments, disaster response and recovery professionals, conservationists, underserved populations, resilience policy specialists, and more—who believe that the federal government should prioritize and promote community resilience and adaptation to flooding.

In 2023, we recommended six resilience priorities for Congress to consider when developing policy:

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