The REPI Resilience Project Funding Guide serves as a one-stop shop for military installations and county partners to learn about more than 25 federal and non-federal resilience and conservation programs that can support existing or new REPI installation resilience projects. Every program includes a summary of funding opportunities, eligibility requirements and application information for developing nature-based solutions near installations and ranges that preserve military missions, enhance habitats, increase climate resilience and ensure military readiness.

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Advocacy

The EPA announces $2.9 billion for states to support lead pipe replacement

On May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) announced $2.9 billion in funding to help states support lead service line replacement. The funding will be distributed through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and can be used by communities to identify lead pipes, plan removal projects, and replace lead service lines that deliver drinking water to homes.

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Advocacy

House Appropriations Committee releases draft funding bills for public lands and environment programs

On May 20, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee began consideration of the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which funds key environment and public lands programs at the Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill provides agency and program funding levels and sets policy goals for the agencies for FY 2027.

Holmes County, Miss. Supervisor Debra Mabry and County Administrator Tiffany Williams present their industrial park development plan May 27 at the Rural Leaders for Economic Mobility Capstone in Washington, D.C. Photo by Charlie Ban
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Holmes County, Miss.’s first strategic plan opens opportunities for industrial park

A $50,000 grant through NACo's Rural Leaders for Economic Mobility program helped a rural county start planning to grow.