Regional support for Maine communities to increase climate resilience. 

The Resilience Collaborative consists of a network of regional assistance providers who support enrolled communities, especially rural, underserved and low-capacity communities, with services to plan, design, and implement climate resilience and natural-hazard risk-reduction projects. The Collaborative builds upon and expands the recently completed Regional Coordinators Pilot supported by GOPIF, and includes capacity at each of Maine’s ten Regional Councils, with additional partners from non-profit, academic, and Tribal Governments coming soon.  

Resilience Coordinators work with communities to provide project development and management, technical assistance, community engagement support, process guidance, and grant writing and management services. 

The Resilience Collaborative is funded through the NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge grant awarded to Maine in 2024 to protect Maine’s communities, environment, and working waterfronts from extreme storms, inland flooding, and rising sea levels. The Resilient Maine proposal supports a shared vision for resilience developed through collaboration across state agencies, regional organizations, tribal communities, municipalities, educational institutions, and NGOs, to build enduring community capacity by providing urgently needed technical assistance to communities adapting to climate impacts. 

Find the Regional Coordinator that serves your region below.