Community Engagement and Risk Communication through Risk MAP is vital for the future success of the program in working with communities to be aware and understand their risk and taking actions that reduce those risks to create more resilient communities. Community Engagement brings together the right to understand the community, their needs and capabilities, and provides opportunities where FEMA can help them towards advancing the actions that reduce their risks.
FEMA is considering incorporating community engagement and consultation when working with communities to better understand what they need in order to implement risk reduction and provide flood maps where there is a true need. Tell us how we could successfully accomplish this and who might be involved to help facilitate the community engagement as well as potential contract structures to best support these efforts.