Community Resilience Centers Round 2 PLANNING Grant (FY 26-27)
Purpose
The CRC Program funds the planning and construction or retrofits of community serving facilities that provide shelter and resources to mitigate the public health impacts of extreme heat and other emergency situations exacerbated by climate change, as well as year-round community programs and services.
Description
CRC Planning Grants will support planning activities to prepare communities to implement Community Resilience Centers. CRC Planning Grant activities should focus on preparing for a future CRC Implementation Grant or similar funding opportunity, and must demonstrate effective, robust community engagement and planning efforts. Planning activities should engage key parties and ensure that all the necessary project components are in place for the future construction or retrofit of a CRC. They should also engage key parties in broader community resilience to climate emergencies and intersecting social and economic issues, in addition to advancing general program objectives.
Proposed Planning Activities
Will Advance the community’s ability to identify, envision, design, construct, resource, and activate sites as CRCs. Increase the accessibility of future community resilience centers to community members, especially during and after emergencies. Build, strengthen, and sustain community resilience, in connection with a proposed CRC. Prepare for future implementation funding opportunities to construct or retrofit the CRC.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government
Eligible Geographies: Lead Applicant must be based in California. The Planning Area, inclusive of a proposed CRC Facility and the related planning activities, and the impacted community around the proposed CRC Site must be located in California. Tribal projects may have modifications.
Time: 9/4/26 23:59
Grant Amount: $3,000,000
Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursement(s)
Notes: California’s Climate Bond (Proposition 4)