Technical Assistance Directory
Hazard Preparedness & Mitigation
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION - NJ CHAPTER
- Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes planning and redevelopment, and provides policy advocacy.
- Advocacy for resilience planning to address climate risks and hazards.
- Provides technical planning assistance to underserved communities/municipalities for planning projects.
Contact
Sheena Collum
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
BARNEGAT BAY PARTNERSHIP
- Coastal estuarine resiliency and adaptation technical support including coastal wetlands and shorelines.
Contact
Martha Maxwell-Doyle
732-255-0472
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Factors Governing the Vulnerability of Coastal Marsh Platforms to Sea Level Rise
- Preparing For Disaster: The National Estuary Program’s Role in Pre-Disaster Planning, Post-Disaster Recovery, and Hazard Mitigation
BRS, INC. (BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.)
- Planning assistance including local land use planning; economic development assistance; brownfields management from assessment to redevelopment; and the preservation or development of community resources, including historic properties, cultural resources, parks, and open spaces.
- Sustainability and resiliency planning including risk assessment and mitigation through green infrastructure solutions to floodplain and stormwater management and resilient energy strategies.
- Funding identification, grant writing, and grant management.
- Outsourced staffing/owner’s representation, project management, community outreach.
Contact
Carolyn Reinhardt
856-964-6456
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Marsh Restoration and Resiliency Project - Client: Township of Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton
- Sustainability Planning in the Bayfront Redevelopment Area - Client: Jersey City Redevelopment Agency
- Virtual Public Engagement Using EPA and FEMA Regional Resilience Toolkit - Client: EPA
DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP
- Environmental services with an emphasis on: Natural resources analyses; Coastal resilience planning; Forest, wetland, and stream habitat restoration; Wetland and riparian zone mitigation; Living shoreline designs; Wetlands, flood hazard area, and coastal permitting; Endangered and threatened species studies and habitat management plans; Aquatic and marine surveys; Tree surveys; Invasive species management; Stormwater management and BMP inspections; Construction monitoring and permit compliance
Contact
Damian Holynskyj
201-259-7349
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
- Assistance analyzing and planning for climate risks and hazards.
- Technical guidance, data, and resources to support climate change resiliency planning and implementation, including a full suite of planning services to assist local governments efforts to be more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Contact
Chris Linn
215-238-2873
Region(s) Served
Mercer, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Counties
Resources
- Coastal Effects of Climate Change in Southeastern PA
- A Resilient Greater Philadelphia
- Burlington City Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
- Municipal Management in a Changing Climate - Municipal Implementation Tool
- Municipal Management of Extreme Heat
- Climate Change Resiliency Webpage
FEMA REGION II
- Climate Change Resiliency Webpage
- Assistance to communities to become more resilient, be better prepared, advance preventative mitigation, recover from disasters, and adapt to changing hazards
- Publications to assist with planning, understanding risks, and understanding techniques to lessen losses.
- Programs that help make communities safer and rebound quicker and more completely after an event.
Contact
Deborah Costa (Preparedness)
202-257-6645
John A. Miller, P.E., CFM (Mitigation)
202-957-4171
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Plan Ahead for Disasters | Ready.gov
- Guides to Expanding Mitigation | FEMA.gov
- Hazard Mitigation Planning | FEMA.gov
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center | Welcome!
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants | FEMA.gov
- Mitigation Funding Resource Guides | FEMA.gov
- Building Science | FEMA.gov
GREENVEST, LLC
- Entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets.
- Delivers fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions through science and engineering that establishes sustainable end points to restore, maintain, and preserve ecosystem services.
- Leverages regulatory requirements to secure funding to complete meaningful restoration and water quality improvement projects.
- Elevates local communities by implementing positive and resilient environmental change that generates sustainable socio-economic benefits.
Contact
Brian Cramer
732-902-6644 x201
Region(s) Served
Statewide
JACQUES COUSTEAU NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE - COASTAL TRAINING PROGRAM
- Communications and outreach support including: Meeting facilitation; Steering committee participation; Stakeholder engagement; Workshop design; Survey design.
- Resilience planning including assistance with tools such as NJFloodMapper.org and Getting to Resilience.
Contact
Vanessa Tropiano
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- NJFloodMapper.org
- Getting to Resilience - Community Planning Evaluation Tool
- Whole-Community Climate Resilience Planning
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY URBAN COAST INSTITUTE
- Guidance, advice, and technical support to communities on science-based resilience decision making, policy, vulnerability assessments, and resilience project planning and design.
Contact
Tom Herrington
732-263-5588
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- UCI Community Resilience and Climate Adaptation Resources
- NJ Sea Grant Consortium Resilient Communities and Economies Specialist
- NJ Sea Grant Consortium Resilient Communities Resources
- UCI Mission and Staff
NJ ASSOCIATION FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Promotes public awareness of proper floodplain and coastal management.
- Floodplain management education and technical assistance to professionals from across the disciplines in both the private and public sectors.
Contact
Elissa Commins
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Policies For Advancing Floodplain Management In New Jersey
- Floodplain Management in New Jersey Quick Guide
NJ OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- Coordination of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants.
Contact
Christopher Testa
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
NJ SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM
- Affiliation of colleges, universities, and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of NJ’s marine and coastal environment.
- Mission is to promote the wise use of NJ’s marine and coastal resources through innovative research, education, and outreach programs.
- Broad spectrum of specialists and extension agents to assist communities in meeting their coastal resilience goals.
- Assistance with economic coastal resilience issues including the development of shellfish aquaculture and marine industries (marinas, bait and tackles).
Contact
Pete Rowe
Region(s) Served
Statewide
NJ SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY
- The Meadowlands Research & Restoration Institute, the science division of the NJ Sports & Exposition Authority, undertakes environmental research and ecological restoration throughout the Meadowlands District.
- Resources include: Long-term databases for air, water and soil; Research to better manage our natural resources and preserve and restore our coastal, riparian, and upland natural areas.
Contact
Terry Doss
201-460-4919
Region(s) Served
The Meadowlands District
NJ VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER (NJVOAD)
- Statewide partnership of organizations and entities that have a role in preparedness, resilience, response or recovery.
- Membership in NJVOAD provides accumulated expertise of local, regional, and national partners to deliver more effective and efficient services throughout the disaster cycle.
- Assistance with: Community organizing and planning for disaster resilience; Education and training for the public and community organizations; Volunteers from our HelpNJNow portal.
Contact
Keith Adams
609-321-1233
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Technical assistance on a range of coastal engineering topics including: Coastal flooding; Rip currents; Beach erosion; Living shorelines; Coastal structures; Sustainability management; Green infrastructure, and more.
Contact
Jon Miller
201-216-8591
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY COASTAL RESEARCH CENTER
- Physical data collection and analysis on coastal processes to define changes over time and drivers of current issues including shoreline and inlet data (topographic & hydrographic); water quality, nuisance flood, and wave forcing instrument deployment; GIS mapping and visualization.
- Evaluation and interpretation of data from others and over long time periods to predict outcomes of changes being observed now.
- Identification of root causes of coastal management issues and assembling solutions.
- Working with state and federal agencies to finalize project plans or designs for permits.
Contact
Kim McKenna
609-652-4245
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
