Assistance Programs
Get help with your sustainability and resilience-focused projects
Get help with your sustainability and resilience-focused projects
The LIS Partnership Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Professionals (SRC EPs) have established two Programs – the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program and the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program to assist communities within the Long Island Sound (LIS) Coastal Boundary across New York (NY) and Connecticut (CT). These Programs address the main barriers we have heard to planning, designing, and implementing sustainability and resilience-focused projects – a lack of capacity, expertise, and resources to prepare and apply for funding and a lack of capacity and resources to identify, conceptualize and develop projects.
Want to learn more? Interested communities can learn more on Friday, December 5, 2025 during the LIS Resilience Planning Support Program session of the upcoming 4th Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop. This session will provide information about our Assistance Programs and highlight projects completed from the first round of the LIS Resilience Planning Support Program.
As of October 1st, 2025 a fourth round of the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Support Program is available.
The Program assists NY and CT communities within the LIS Coastal Boundary to hire a grant writing consultant to develop successful sustainability and resilience-focused project grant proposals and increase capacity within municipalities and community organizations to navigate the funding landscape. Up to $9,950 in funding is available per application and match is not required! The Program is open on a rolling basis until all the available funding has been allocated.
To learn more see the Request for Proposals (RFP) linked on the right.
Questions? Email us!
Learn about the projects supported through the Grant Writing Assistance Program on our Case Studies map.
On November 7, 2025 the Awardees of the second round of the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program were announced.
A third round of the LIS Resilience Planning Support Program will open in early December 2025, with up to $1.5 million available. Learn more about the opportunity at our Annual SRC Workshop session on December 5!
The Program provides planning support to advance resilience-focused projects by matching communities within the LIS Coastal Boundary across NY and CT with qualified contractors to assist with assessing local environmental risks, conceptualizing project ideas, and conducting preliminary planning efforts. The support is provided at no cost to the communities and no match is required!
For reference see the currently closed 2024, second round, Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) linked on the right. The 2025, third round, RFEI will be accessible here in early December 2025.
Questions? Email us!
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