State Resiliency Hub

Alaska

• Risk Map Program
• DEC Disaster Response Plan (2018)

Arizona

• Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan (2024)
• ADHS Recommendations and Findings for the State’s Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan (2024)
• ADHS Heat Safety Resource Guide (2024)

California

• Climate Adaptation Strategy (2024)
• Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan (2021)
• Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program

Colorado

• DOLA Colorado Resiliency Office
• Resiliency Framework

Connecticut

• DEEP Climate Adaptation and Resilience web page

Washington, D.C.

• Climate Ready DC Plan (2019)
• Resilient DC Strategy (2019)

Delaware

• DNREC Climate Action Plan (Minimizing Impacts Section) (2021)

Florida

• DEP Resilient Florida Program
• DEP Resilient Florida Annual Plan (2025)
• DEP Florida Statewide Flood Vulnerability and Sea Level Rise Assessment (2024)
• DEP Florida Statewide Resilience Dataset - Statewide Critical Assets Report (2023)

Massachusetts

• ResilientMass Plan (2023)

New Jersey

• DEP Resilient NJ Program

New Mexico

• Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (2024)
• Disaster and Resiliency Planning Overview

Oregon

• Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (Update under development)

Rhode Island

• Resilient Rhody Strategy (2018)
• Statewide Coastal Resilience Plan (Under development as of 2025 ROI)

Virginia

• Coastal Resilience Master Plan (2021)
• Flood Protection Master Plan (Under development)

Washington

• Washington State Climate Resilience Strategy (2024)

California

• Adaptation Clearinghouse
• The California Building Resilience for Climate Effects (CalBRACE) Adaptation Toolkit (CDPH)
• Listos
• CDPH Extreme Heat Safety Communications Toolkit
• CDPH Wildfire Safety Communications Toolkit
• CDPH Storm Preparedness/Flooding Communications Toolkit

Colorado

• Community Readiness and Resilience Toolkit
• Post Disaster Recovery Planning Toolkit
• Future Avoided Cost Explorer

Connecticut

• Coastal Hazards Viewer

Florida

• FDEP Statewide Vulnerability Assessment Mapping Tool

Georgia

• Environmental Health Strike Team

Hawaii

• Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer

Massachusetts

• Climate Change Assessment
• Massachusetts Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Viewer

Maine

• Maine Adaptation Toolkit
• Maine DEP Flood Reference Guide for Municipalities (Automatic PDF download)

Michigan

• Michigan Coastal Resilience Toolbox

Missouri

• MDNR Missouri Hydrology Information Center (MoHIC)

Montana

• DEQ Today’s Air

North Carolina

• Resilient Coastal Communities Program

New Hampshire

• Resiliency for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems
• Coastal Hazards and Adaptation

New Jersey

• NJDEP Resilient NJ Local Planning for Climate Change Toolkit

New Mexico

• New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Governor’s Commission on Disability Emergency Preparedness Fact Sheet
• Emergency Response Story Map

Oklahoma

• OKDEQ Disaster Debris Management Guidelines for Residents
• Regional Response System
• SoonerWarn System

Oregon

• OHA Climate Change: Resilience Planning Toolkit

Pennsylvania

• Flooding and Storm-Related Resources and Fact Sheets
• PAFloodRisk
• PADOH Extreme Heat in Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• STORMTOOLS

South Dakota

• Flood Information System

Utah

• The Great Utah ShakeOut

Vermont

• Language Access Plan (2021)

California

• Adaptation Planning Grant Program
• Regional Resilience Planning and Implementation Grant Program
• Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program

Minnesota

• Disaster Assistance Contingency Fund — MN Statutes Section 12.221. Subd 6

North Carolina

• Resilient Coastal Communities Program
• Emergency Management Grants

New Hampshire

• Coastal Resilience Grants

New Mexico

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance
• Public Assistance Program

Oregon

• Community Health Equity Grants
• 1115 Medicaid Waiver

WA

• Community Development Block Grants Disaster Recovery Funds

Federal

• FEMA Stafford Act
• Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Resilience Activities
• Climate Resilience ans Adaption Funding Toolbox

• Climate and Health: A Training for Health Department Staff (CDC): This comprehensive training program equips public health professionals with the knowledge and tools to understand the intersection of climate change and public health, providing practical guidance on integrating climate considerations into existing public health activities and fostering climate-resilient communities.
• Climate for Health Ambassadors Training (ASTHO): This training program offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the health impacts of climate change and develop effective communication and advocacy skills to engage diverse stakeholders and drive meaningful action.
• Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance with QGIS (ASTHO): This training was developed to address specific requests from island jurisdictions to help build capacity to address the health impacts associated with climate change.
• Tackling Climate Change Using the One Health Approach (ASTHO): This blog offers insights into the One Health approach and equips readers with strategies to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary solutions to climate-related health challenges.
• Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework (CDC): The BRACE framework offers a systematic approach for public health officials and practitioners to assess climate-related health risks and develop tailored adaptation strategies.
• Climate Models and the Use of Climate Projections: A Brief Overview for Health Departments (CDC): This guide provides health departments with an in-depth overview of climate models and projections, offering insights into how public health professionals can effectively utilize these tools for public health planning and decision-making.
• Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Guide for Health Departments (CDC): This guide equips health departments with practical methodologies and tools for assessing health vulnerability to climate change.
• Projecting Climate-Related Disease Burden: A Guide for Health Departments (CDC): This guide provides health departments with evidence-based methodologies and tools for projecting disease burden related to climate change.
• Climate Adaptation 101 (National Resources Defense Council): This resource provides an overview of climate adaptation basics, offering essential information and strategies for individuals and organizations looking to understand and address the impacts of climate change.
• Climate Change Adaptation Training (EPA)
• A Seat at the Table: Training for Whole-Community Climate Resilience Planning (NOAA)

• Climate Risk and Resilience (ClimRR) Portal (FEMA): ClimRR is a comprehensive online platform offers sophisticated climate data down to the neighborhood level. It provides easy access to climate projections and hazard data, empowering stakeholders to integrate future climate conditions into hazard mitigation plans, infrastructure design, and resilience strategies.
• Drinking Water and Wastewater Resilience (EPA): Shares information on the basics of water resilience and links to a summary of EPA's Water Resilience Tools and Resources.
• Superfund Climate Resilience: Resilience Measures (EPA): Outlines measures that may be integrated into the design or operation of a site remedy for a Superfund site, such as multiple remediation systems intended to address contaminated groundwater, soil or sediment.
• Climate Shift Index (Climate Central): This index quantifies global daily shifts in temperature experienced due to climate change. An interactive map allows users to visualize climate change weather patterns and their impacts, both locally and globally.
• Regional Resilience Toolkit: 5 Steps to Build Large-Scale Resilience to Natural Disasters (EPA and FEMA): Designed to help multiple jurisdictions and levels of government, as well as non-governmental partners and local groups, collaborate on regional-scale actions.
• U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit (NOAA): This website is designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.
• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) (EcoAdapt): CAKE is a knowledge sharing platform that houses an extensive digital library of high-quality climate change adaptation case studies, tools, and resources.
• Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning Tool Kit (Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals): The Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit provides tribes with customizable templates and resources to facilitate the development of climate adaptation plans tailored to their unique cultural, environmental, and socioeconomic contexts.
• emPOWER (HHS): This program provides federal data, mapping, and artificial intelligence tools, as well as training and resources, to help communities nationwide protect the health of those who live independently and rely on essential care services.
• Climate and Health Intervention Assessment: Evidence on Public Health Interventions to Prevent the Negative Health Effects of Climate Change (CDC): This report evaluates the effectiveness of interventions aimed at mitigating the negative health effects of climate change.
• HeatRisk (CDC): This updated heat risk assessment tool, created in partnership with the National Weather Service, provides guidance for health care professionals in understanding and managing the health risks associated with heat exposure.
• State Climate and Health Adaptation Plans and Resources (ASTHO): This story map provides access to state-level climate and health adaptation plans and resources, helping stakeholders understand and address climate-related health risks.
• State Adaptation Progress Tracker (Georgetown Climate Center): Georgetown Climate Center offers a map that highlights the status of state climate change adaptation plans, including a breakdown of each state’s adaptation work, links to plans, and resources.
• Coastal Risk Screening Tool (Climate Central): This screening tool uses an interactive map to display areas threatened by rising sea levels and coastal flooding.
• Social Vulnerability Index (CDC/ATSDR): This place-based index, database, and mapping application identifies and quantifies communities experiencing social vulnerability, helping planners better prepare for and respond to emergency events with the goal of decreasing human suffering, economic loss, and health inequities.
• Living Atlas of the World (ESRI): A collection of geographic information from around the globe, including that of disasters, storms, and in support of resiliency efforts.
• National Incident Management System (FEMA): A guide to help government, NGOs, and the private sector work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents.
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (FEMA): Provides a set of guiding principles for exercise and evaluation programs to help communities address preparedness priorities.
• Resilience and Adaptation in New England (EPA): A mapping database to discover relevant reports, plans, and webpages for New England communities to learn from experiences, share lessons learned, discovery how to better assist municipalities, and promote collaboration.

• Who Is Most At Risk To Extreme Heat? (National Integrated Heat Health Information System): This study investigates the profound impact of heat on individuals experiencing homelessness, shedding light on the vulnerability of this population to extreme weather events and the urgent need for targeted interventions and support systems.
• Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits, United States, May – September 2023 (CDC): This report presents a detailed analysis of heat-related emergency department visits in the United States during the summer months of 2023, highlighting the disproportionate impact of extreme heat events on public health and underscoring the critical importance of preventive measures and public health interventions.
• Climate Change and Health: Assessing State Preparedness (Trust for America's Health): This report evaluates the preparedness of states to mitigate and respond to the health impacts of climate change, offering insights into existing strengths, gaps, and opportunities for enhancing state-level strategies and interventions to protect public health in a changing climate.
• Climate Change Success Stories from Local Health Departments (NACCHO): Highlighting exemplary efforts at the local level, this collection of success stories celebrates the achievements of health departments in effectively addressing the health impacts of climate change, offering valuable insights, best practices, and actionable strategies for other jurisdictions to replicate and adapt.
• Climate and Health Adaptation in Action: Successes of CDC’s Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative (CDC): This resource showcases examples of effective adaptation strategies and interventions implemented by states and cities to address climate-related health risks and build resilience in their communities.

• Defining Roles and Responsibilities of the Health Workforce to Respond to the Climate Crisis (JAMA Network): This journal article explores the critical roles and responsibilities of clinical and public health workers needed to respond to climate events. The article discusses how coordinated collaboration is central to mitigating the effects of climate hazards, including reducing morbidity and mortality.
• Communicating on Climate Change and Health: Toolkit for Health Professionals (WHO): This toolkit provides health professionals with evidence-based communication strategies and resources to effectively communicate the health risks of climate change, engage diverse audiences, and mobilize action for climate-resilient health systems and communities.
• Drought and Health: A Messaging Framework for Public Health Professionals and Healthcare Providers (National Integrated Drought Information System): Offering guidance for effective communication, this framework equips public health professionals and health care providers with strategies to convey the health risks associated with drought effectively, empowering communities to mitigate adverse health outcomes and build resilience in the face of drought conditions.
• How to Frame the Health Impacts of Climate Change (NACCHO): This resource offers strategies for effectively communicating climate change-related information to diverse audiences, emphasizing the importance of framing messages to resonate with public health professionals, policymakers, and the general public.
• 5 Steps to Effective Climate Communication (ecoAmerica): This fact sheet outlines five steps for effective climate communication. It provides practical guidance and tips for communicating climate change effectively to various audiences, emphasizing the importance of clear messaging and engaging storytelling.
• Beat the Heat: Staying Safe in Extreme Conditions (Public Health Communications Collaborative): Health departments can use these social media sample posts to communicate with the public on tips to stay safe in extreme weather conditions.

• Oregon Air Conditioner and Air Filter Deployment Program (SB 1536): Directive to use Medicare funds to create an Air Conditioner and Air Filter Deployment program in Oregon. Through the program, the Oregon Health Authority provides eligible Oregonians who are experiencing extreme heat and wildfire smoke with AC units and air filters.
• National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act of 2022: This pivotal legislation lays the groundwork for a comprehensive national strategy to enhance climate adaptation and resilience efforts across various sectors, emphasizing proactive measures to address the escalating impacts of climate change and safeguard the well-being of communities nationwide.