Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program – Track 2

The Senate Bill 1 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Grant Program – Track 2 provides funding for coastal communities to implement nature-based sea level rise adaptation projects. The program prioritizes projects that protect or restore coastal habitats, reduce coastal hazard risk to communities and critical infrastructure, maintain public access, build resilience of public trust resources, and provide multiple co-benefits. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and tribal governments. The program uses a Letter of Intent (LOI) process, and applicants must submit a completed LOI by the posted deadline for initial eligibility and programmatic review. • Eligible projects must be identified as a priority in a completed or in-progress SLR adaptation plan, coastal resilience plan, or comparable land-use planning effort. • Projects must be nature-based adaptation projects, defined as projects that rely on natural or mostly natural features to enhance coastal processes, ecosystem function, and long-term resilience while protecting inland areas. • Applicants may request funding for site assessment and preliminary design, final design and permitting, and construction for shovel-ready projects. • The maximum project length is three years. • Approximately $7 million is anticipated to be available, with typical awards expected to range from $500,000 to $2,500,000.