Building Resilience: Enhancing Community Capacity for Flood Mitigation and Advocacy
Borough-wide flood resilience for Staten Island, built block by block through education, advocacy, and resource distribution.
Building Resilience expands flood preparedness across Staten Island. The work focuses on neighborhoods that often miss out on funding, including communities outside the State’s designated Disadvantaged Communities, where resources are harder to come by.
Nonprofit Staten Island leads the project alongside the SI COAD coalition and Community Climate Corps. It pairs tabling, workshops, and resource distribution with local partnerships in schools, gardens, and small community groups across the borough.
THE OUTCOMES
Distributed more than 1,000 preparation supplies to 600 households across Staten Island. Partnered with HEALTH for Youth on a renewable catch-basin rainwater system at Skyline Community Garden."
ON the ground
LOOKING AHEAD: What's next for Building Resilience?
Over the next 6 to 12 months, the project will expand distribution of resources and events, deepen collaborations with nonprofits and city agencies, and keep building community improvement projects across the borough.
The team is also growing its advocacy footprint, so Staten Island stays in the conversation on flood resilience funding and policy.
Want to get involved with nonprofit staten island?
VOLUNTEER
Join Nonprofit Staten Island and the Community Climate Corps at events and tabling across the borough.
ATTEND AN EVENT
Workshops, tabling, and resource fairs happen all year across Staten Island. Find one near you.
JOIN THE NEWSLETTER
Stay in the loop on flood prep resources, events, and advocacy moments from NPSI.
Partner With Us
Schools, community gardens, and orgs working on flood resilience can reach out anytime.
GET INVOLVED IN RAINPROOF NYC
We each have a role to play in Rainproof.
Rainproof NYC is where all stakeholders learn from each other and act collectively to tackle increasingly heavy rainfall and flash floods.The growing Rainproof NYC network brings together community groups, city officials, technical experts, policy advocates, private sector partners, educators, and more to understand and address flooding in NYC.
Ways you can get involved include:
- Stay updated on new pilot projects, events, and funding opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Rainproof NYC Network.
- Join a Rainproof Event.
- Learn from other cities in our Rainproof Series.
- Participate in or Pilot Rainproof NYC Projects.
- Share Rainproof Resources & Expertise.