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  • Our Partners
  • Technical Assistance
    • Tech Assistance Directory
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    • Construction
    • Ecological Design
    • Engineering Design
    • Stormwater Management
    • Grants & Funding
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    • Monitoring
    • Outreach & Education
    • Permitting
    • Ecological Monitoring
    • Policy & Legal
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    • Coffee Chats
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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.

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Contact

Sheena Collum

scollum@njplanning.org


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • American Planning Association Website 


BARNEGAT BAY PARTNERSHIP

  • Coastal estuarine resiliency and adaptation technical support including coastal wetlands and shorelines.

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Contact 

Martha Maxwell-Doyle

mmdoyle@ocean.edu

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.

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Contact 

Carolyn Reinhardt

creinhardt@brsinc.com

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

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Contact

Damian Holynskyj

Damian.Holynskyj@davey.com

201-259-7349


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

· Amy Greene Environmental


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.

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Contact

Chris Linn

clinn@dvrpc.org

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.

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Contact

Deborah Costa (Preparedness)

deborah.costa@fema.dhs.gov

202-257-6645

John A. Miller, P.E., CFM (Mitigation)

john.miller2@fema.dhs.gov

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.

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Contact

Brian Cramer

brian@greenvestus.com

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.

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Contact

Vanessa Tropiano

tropiano@marine.rutgers.edu


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.

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Contact

Tom Herrington

therring@monmouth.edu

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.

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Contact

Elissa Commins

ecommins@twp.brick.nj.us


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.

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Contact

Christopher Testa

Christopher.Testa@njsp.org


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants


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).

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Contact

Pete Rowe

prowe@njseagrant.org


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.

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Contact

Terry Doss

tdoss@njsea.com

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. 

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Contact

Keith Adams

kadams@njvoad.org

609-321-1233


Region(s) Served

Statewide

Resources

  • Help NJ Now Web Platform


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.

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Contact

Jon Miller

jmiller@stevens.edu

201-216-8591


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Dune Manual
  • Living Shorelines Engineering Guidelines


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.

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Contact

Kim McKenna

kimberly.mckenna@stockton.edu

609-652-4245


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Final Report for 2020 on the Condition of the Municipal Oceanfront Beaches Bathymetry of Townsends Inlet, The Borough of Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey
  • Final Report for 2020 on Changes to the Municipal Beaches, The Borough Of Mantoloking, Ocean County, New Jersey 

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