Mermentau River Watershed Coalition

The LWI Team has published the Round 1 funding application information. The Notice of Funding Award (NOFA) can be viewed here https://watershed.la.gov/assets/docs/FINAL-Round-1-Watershed-Program-NOFA.pdf . The pre-applications are due December 20th and you can download the pre-application information here The LWI will also host in-person briefings as well as technical assistance sessions in each watershed region. The Region 5 sessions will be on December 10th in Lafayette, LA at the Rosa Parks Transportation Center in downtown. you can

Here is a brief update following Monday’s LWI Applicant Briefing discussion in Baton Rouge. The Regional Letter of Interest (LOI) deadline has been pushed back to October 15th, 2019. The Acadiana Planning Commission will be acting as applicant and fiscal agent for Region 5. Approximately 15 Region 5 stakeholders were present on Monday, including representatives from APC. It seems that 13 of the 16 parishes in Region 5 have, so far, agreed to participate. Region

Louisiana has received the Federal Register for the $1.2 billion Federal funds (view here  LWI Federal Register Press Release ). The Federal Register is the document that State Officials were eagerly anticipating as it detailed the rules and requirements for the disbursement and spending of the LWI funds. These funds are being dispersed through the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development as Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds (CDBG-MIT). The CDBG program is well known to communities, municipalities and government