This enewsletter from the DNREC Delaware Coastal Training Program (CTP) features resources that are available for Delaware's community leaders and natural resource managers to help us plan smarter for safer and more sustainable communities!
The roundup includes highlights of upcoming trainings, tools, technical assistance programs, and funding sources from the CTP as well as other local practitioners and technical experts. Please be in touch if you have more updates to share or are looking for additional info!
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Training & In Person Learning Opportunities
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Building Risk Communication Skills Training
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Day of Technical Assistance for Applying Risk Communication Skills
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Registration Ending Soon on April 8!
Communicate Risks. Inspire Action.
- Building Risk Communication Skills Training April 10, 2019
- Technical Assistance for Applying Risk Communication Skills April 11, 2019
*must attend April 10 to attend April 11
St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover
Join subject matter experts with the NOAA Office for Coastal Management for an informative training on April 10 to build your risk communication skills, and then return the next day, April 11, for a session of direct technical assistance with them to develop strategies for incorporating these new practices into your programs and projects!
The Building Risk Communication Skills training shares insights into why people respond to risk the way they do. Participants will hear about examples and case studies, and then will learn tips for working with residents and communities to explore solutions and make decisions that improve their resilience to current and future hazards.
Hosted by the DNREC Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve's Coastal Training Program with funding from the National Estuarine Research Reserve's Science Collaborative Transfer Grant.
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Agenda
Day 1: Weds. April 10 Building Risk Communication Skills Training
The job of discussing potential natural hazard risks and solutions—and motivating people to take action—is definitely not a “one size fits all” challenge. In this course, participants will learn how to:
- Respond to difficult questions with more confidence using social science and risk communication principles;
- Develop an effective risk communication strategy that incorporates these principles;
- Recognize differing values within their audience;
- Identify why people perceive and respond to risk the way they do; and
- Practice these new skills.
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Day 2: Thurs. April 11 Technical Assistance for Applying Risk Communication Skills
NOAA trainers will be spend a full day working with participants to assist them as they practice their skills and develop strategies for integrating risk communication skills into their projects and/or programmatic work.
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Planning for Meaningful Evaluation
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1.5 Day Event: Wednesday, May 1 - Thursday, May 2, 2019
St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover
$50 Registration fee covers lunch and refreshments.
Do you ever ask yourself,
“Is my program designed to reach its goals?” or
“How do I measure the performance of my existing program?”
We would like to help you answer those questions.
This training addresses in detail the increasing demand for evidence of program accountability and impact by preparing participants for a meaningful evaluation. Trainers from
NOAA's Office for Coastal Management will engage participants in actively creating a comprehensive evaluation plan. The purpose of the training is to provide an in depth understanding of the elements of evaluation, so that participants are able to make informed choices to create fundamentally sound evaluation plans for existing or longstanding programs.
Logic modeling is a concept at the heart of the effective program design and meaningful evaluation techniques taught in course. Participants in the workshop will be expected to understand logic modeling and are encouraged to bring a working or draft logic model built for your program with you to use during the workshop.
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This workshop requires previous training in the development and use of logic models. If you have attended NOAA’s Planning Effective Projects workshop or you have other training in the development and use of logic models then you may attend this workshop.
Who should take this course:
County, municipal and community leaders, regional and municipal planners, state agency staff, natural resource managers, non-profit and academic-based collaborative supporters & organizers, and more.
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Creating a Flood Ready Community
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Hosted in Partnership with the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, Delaware Sea Grant, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
May 17, 2018 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
St. Jones Reserve Coastal Training Center, Dover, Del.
Registration is opening soon! and will be available through the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration at:
Funding assistance is available for a limited number of municipal officials, based on financial need from the DNREC Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve. Contact Kelly Valencik at
kelly.valencik@delaware.gov
for details.
This popular course reviews the multiple sources of flood risks to Delaware communities that can be addressed and mitigated through planning, codes, and ordinances. It begins with an overview of flood
risks, covers floodplain requirements for municipalities, and discusses statewide sea level rise adaptation recommendations applicable at the community level. Local case studies of communities adapting to flood risk, as well as tools and sources of funding and technical assistance, will also be introduced.
Course Topics Include:
- Identifying Community Flood Risks
- Assessing Vulnerability to Flooding
- Strategies for Reducing Flood Vulnerability
- Funding and Technical Assistance
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Who should take this course:
County, municipal and community leaders, regional and municipal planners, floodplain managers, community resilience and adaptation practitioners and more.
This session qualifies for University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration certificate
credit in the Academy for Excellence in Local Government Leadership, and the Delaware Planning Education Program.
Three CM AICP credits will be available for participating American Planning Association professionals.
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Grant Writing Workshop for Communities
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Hosted by the Delaware Center for Inland Bays
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June 18th from 9AM - Noon
Delaware Center for Inland Bays
39375 Inlet Road Rehoboth Beach, DE.
The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is hosting a grant writing workshop\ for you to come and learn from the best about what funding opportunities are out there and how you can leverage resources to implement environmental protection projects. Participants will learn how to write successful grant proposals and about opportunities that are available to assist with implementing environmental projects.
Grant writing expert and author Valerie Mann will present and share her expertise with the group. She hosts grant writing workshops on the Eastern Shore and over her career she has written approximately 800 grants applications, yielding more than $160,000,000 for her clients.
Please see the event flyer on the right, and please share with anyone you think would be interested in attending.
Registration for this event is free but required as seating is limited.
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Find grant opportunities by searching the Delaware Database for Funding Resilient Communities!
Storm surges, nor’easters, heavy precipitation events, and sea level rise threaten municipalities around the state, and climate models predict that these hazards will increase in severity and frequency in the future. Financial assistance programs are available to support the implementation of projects to prepare for and adapt to these threats. The
Institute for Public Administration (IPA) at the University of Delaware, with support from
DNREC Delaware Coastal Programs office, compiled relevant financial assistance programs into a searchable web database for Delaware’s local governments.
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Guide to using the database
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As a part of our mission, the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve is committed to promoting informed decision making through the Delaware Coastal Training Program. This program addresses critical coastal resource management issues in Delaware by providing current scientific information, access to technologies and skill-building opportunities to Delawareans responsible for making decisions about the state's coastal resources.
Requests for submittal: Have a great resource, training, or program that you want to share with Delaware community leaders and natural resources managers to help make our communities safer and more sustainable? Please submit information for inclusion in this e-newsletter to the contact below.
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Kelly Valencik | Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve | 302-378-5734
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