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Thomas Douthat, faculty in the College of the Coast and Environment, described the Louisiana Social Environmental and Economic Resilience Center (LaSIER) as a university-led initiative to provide a single point of contact for the state's resilience research capacity. LaSIER's stated aim is to organize interdisciplinary teams across LSU to address compound flooding, mitigation modeling and local decision-support needs and to align academic research with state and local decision timelines.

Megan Franks, an LSU AgCenter faculty member, described a draft NSF 'engine' proposal for a Louisiana Disaster Reduction Initiative (abbreviated DRY in the presentation). The proposal seeks large-scale NSF funding to build a research and innovation ecosystem that integrates community co-design, advanced modeling and applied technology to support construction compliance, insurance affordability analysis, and decision-support tools for flood and wind risk.

Presenters said the proposal involves many university and external collaborators and seeks to translate academic capabilities into operational tools for parishes and municipalities. No commitment of federal funds was made at the meeting; presenters asked task force members to help align state needs with university research priorities and to identify potential local demonstration opportunities and data partners.

Task force members welcomed the coordination effort and suggested follow-up on topics including data access, translation of technical results for local officials, and workforce development to support a resilience economy.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Louisiana Resilience T.F. Mar 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","LSU faculty described a new coordination effort, LaSIER, to marshal university research for Louisiana resilience needs and presented an NSF 'engine' proposal (Louisiana DRY) that seeks to create a long-term innovation ecosystem linking research, communities and technology to reduce disaster risk.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature LA, Louisiana","taxId",78558,"location","Louisiana","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6632073,"Fortified Gulf Coast urges clearer insurance discounts, updated inspection standards to boost fortified roofs",596,7728000,8324000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602&start=7728&end=8324","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602/thumbnail_7728000.jpg","/articles/6632073/Louisiana/Fortified-Gulf-Coast-urges-clearer-insurance-discounts-updated-inspection-standards-to-boost-fortified-roofs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6632073-c93737eedef217f511157cb6053b155f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144639&Signature=a9UVJmQ101mMXxqNPARgtEyV-2C-8INrw0NlZiqpxshqa01zFBSkwwElWqis4qo0J58YIU-U1PmCUU6QK~M693EqkwnHJYDZavtLxruAY8kA9WJI6~sCFHo~4F1xkYYEGxUdG~1Mtt0fhFLTCE0SamlCpvlsamJb-q0GqJWKmXs4rxaO5P6CRdftHvyw0iLbN~TiY2bolJ--PXkIFFRvJTt~a4-UeswUsj9Tx1-OsInBEmKuOZ3dGTMKIQi0lpkNkZTtSdrJXbK3E6zTZpNrPWScbjtah2SroQzG9Uj7lQvhl~voxssAP1Xam72GFPs-yT2qrYwMUAkmg-YqWMm2uw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Remy Rishard (presented as Rami Rishard), co-founder of Fortified Gulf Coast, told the Resilience Task Force that high insurance costs are driving residents away from coastal Louisiana and that expanding fortified construction and consistent inspection standards could reduce claims and premiums.

Rishard outlined four main problems: limited code flexibility for coastal communities; inconsistent inspections at the parish level; an outdated wind-mitigation survey tool; and insufficient incentives for homeowners to install fortified measures. He recommended using IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety) fortified certification, expanding the pool of certified fortified evaluators, modernizing the wind-mitigation form and establishing transparent benchmarks or discount ranges so homeowners can estimate savings before paying for upgrades.

\"The number 1 complaint... they don't know the discount,\" Rishard said, summarizing residents' reluctance to invest out-of-pocket in fortified measures without clear, predictable insurance savings. He pointed to Alabama's program as a model, saying Alabama has completed tens of thousands of fortified projects and cited IBHS's figures that fewer than 5% of fortified homes filed claims after a recent category-3 storm in that region.

Department of Insurance staff and task force members discussed benchmarks, practical discount ranges and agent education. The Department of Insurance said it was cautious about setting formal benchmarks because a public benchmark could reduce competition among insurers; it urged continuing dialogue about how to make discounts transparent and how to improve agent and consumer information.

No formal policy changes were adopted at the meeting; presenters and agencies agreed to follow up on data, agent outreach and possible pilot expansions of fortified programs.","A grassroots group, Fortified Gulf Coast, urged the state to adopt clearer insurance benchmark discounts, expand certified fortified evaluations, and modernize wind-mitigation inspection tools to encourage more homeowners to install fortified roofs and reduce wind-related claims.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6632077,"Water Institute details insurance pilots, 'Flood ID' forecasting tool and community resilience support",948,4092000,5040000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602&start=4092&end=5040","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602/thumbnail_4092000.jpg","/articles/6632077/Louisiana/Water-Institute-details-insurance-pilots-Flood-ID-forecasting-tool-and-community-resilience-support","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6632077-1595863bfd2ed22b2f3f5e96af6faed9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144639&Signature=Rne0U-KvCPZKVU7DZJRY~diuq9w9l~JzZKSWnBQ1jBZoPI6TV1sjB-ghlP5qNzkc1lfYxu1JaZQELZobk3jvAddSqYrzDciEzdcXKCB1aXzIw57YEmhLeTwOWs6RT~IoKirYFfiyEXtINg5ay03~bsTDnmQb6OWZ7sShw9JRWYIwnQSSf8E0YLx6WiyEXkOvf1nlyvEAhO4ynFQPDoZkRKbcyx0-7g4preSKHnQmsEKdgcWwHAnTNNs8y3UCN4xa019mS5v6T5PIjOIdMAXCHF17XEf30XvoJuXPAZ5Ds1T5gOpYUd57qsw60kC5MiX0H19OXTe~lUeo2qQ~bzNeXQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives from the Water Institute briefed the Resilience Task Force on multiple ongoing projects including community-based catastrophe insurance pilots, improvements to flood forecasting and localized decision tools, urban stormwater modeling in New Orleans, and a new Community Resilience Center technical assistance offering.

Alyssa Dazman, chief scientist at the Water Institute, described the institute as \"a collaboration hub\" that draws on applied geosciences, planners, engineers and social scientists to provide state and local decision support. Colleen McHugh, senior planner, described the Community Resilience Center's insurance focus and two Louisiana pilots.

McHugh said the first pilot in Franklin will purchase parametric community-based catastrophe insurance (CBCI) and that \"initial estimates just to put it in context are aiming for between 1,000 to 3,000 people receiving about 1,000 to 3 thousand dollars in payouts in the face of an event.\" She said the pilot aims to buy a two- to three-year policy, to test payout triggers and evaluate how the product performs alongside other local risk-reduction measures.

The institute is also working on a second pilot that would show how nature-based restoration (such as marsh projects) can be integrated into pricing and catastrophe-modeling, working with third-party modelers such as Verisk. McHugh said the second pilot lacks policy-purchase funding but is being used to demonstrate methodologies and pathways for integrating restoration-related risk reduction into insurance pricing.

On forecasting, Dazman described Flood ID, a localized, near-real-time flood forecasting and visualization system that the institute ran in beta during Tropical Storm Francine and which is being refined for use statewide. She said Flood ID combines storm surge, rainfall and coastal water-level predictions with street-level inundation outputs to provide decision-support dashboards for emergency operations teams.

The institute also described an urban-scale stormwater risk modeling effort for New Orleans that tests scenarios with different rainfall, pipeline-obstruction and pump availability to help prioritize maintenance and investments.

Task force members discussed how the institute's pilots might interact with state programs, duplication-of-benefits rules, and the department of insurance's regulatory considerations. The institute offered follow-up meetings and staff contacts for coordination with the Department of Insurance and the Office of Community Development.","The Water Institute presented ongoing work on community catastrophe insurance pilots, a real-time Flood ID forecasting system used during Tropical Storm Francine, urban stormwater modeling for New Orleans, and a community resilience catalyst to help smaller parishes access technical assistance.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6632082,"Resilience Innovation Hub pitches finance solutions, community resilience bonds to task force",496,1232000,1728000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602&start=1232&end=1728","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602/thumbnail_1232000.jpg","/articles/6632082/Louisiana/Resilience-Innovation-Hub-pitches-finance-solutions-community-resilience-bonds-to-task-force","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6632082-03d6de967399fd5be355e4381bf68969/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144639&Signature=DI6Hf94Mg2O22-xzO0wuNLXncw3b41t7V0FGPe85ypOI-zBB0ArLZttD9~ggbY6Oib4mK7CMfCX5nMcJQ~HSv9sJeI~~0nBL58K9t0NCuI2fVB-PCTWle~EsuF8lpUu7mcDeANtkYbV85cL~8Va6jsOqQJkt0GCrDEa-Zyl4gkOW3hgoXWmJqq44TfRYvxPB6WTDWDHMMPi4TBH3koJT5867ScmLQlKp8sg5RWnYznJXfaT8TzwecOnd8n8Ky4YUycu33cPsxOi1QgCpgJOl6zmNdNA2E5CUTMGKPp4i-O6U8r~knOKp7u8Wy4u12Es1SFtSSwq64SJgFXcu827smg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Richard Sealyne, presenting for the Resilience Innovation Hub and associated nonprofit Future Proofing America, outlined a finance-centered approach to scaling resilience investments and urged a test pilot in Louisiana.

Sealyne described two linked objectives: harmonizing building and resilience standards so private capital and insurers can underwrite risk-reduction at scale, and designing financial instruments to deploy large pools of private capital for resilience projects. He said the group has convened investors, rating-agency representatives and engineering firms to develop community-level finance structures, including what he termed a \"community resilience bond\" syndicated by public finance firms.

\"Capital is not the issue. It is how to organize the capital and deploy the capital to get the results that we all want for resilience,\" Sealyne said in the presentation. He described the Resilience Innovation Hub's nonprofit arm, Future Proofing America, and said the group has developed data capabilities and a proposed investment vehicle, the Resilience Community Trust, to attract philanthropy, corporate giving and private capital to local resilience projects.

Sealyne warned of widening systemic costs if resilience investments do not scale. He cited cumulative U.S. disaster losses in the transcript: \"this country has lost cumulative $4,400,000,000,000 since the mid 19 eighties, '50 percent of that in just the last decade,\" and urged an accelerated, state-led pilot to demonstrate financeable resilience projects in Louisiana.

Task force members discussed how the state's existing fortified-home programs and HUD-funded projects might be quantified and used to attract private capital. Sealyne said the hub has modeling and data down to fine geographic scales and has identified securitization and public–private bond structures that could be trialed at the state level.

No formal commitment or vote was recorded; participants agreed to follow up with the hub and consider Louisiana as a demonstration site for finance pilots.","A private sector coalition described plans to harmonize standards and create finance vehicles — including community resilience bonds and a national 'Resilience Community Trust' — to channel private capital into resilience projects in Louisiana and elsewhere.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6632086,"American Flood Coalition outlines state-level tools to connect local needs with federal funding",175,185000,360000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602&start=185&end=360","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2675928-e01f79a3b08c9521ebd4e87e0e8d6602/thumbnail_185000.jpg","/articles/6632086/Louisiana/American-Flood-Coalition-outlines-state-level-tools-to-connect-local-needs-with-federal-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6632086-79858a8246be18a5f9778c5b65e7d465/orig.mp4?Expires=1771144639&Signature=H44G8OGYl0hWiiKMC9stUXU~toA-R2Cij8eTQHVNxJ~bNJdLsFahklHoQaVoRIkOwn8Rpiz~7QswdWU-0e7Hy15S5qIdtLtk-hffcWECaPU8-~m1F~n6jf1RGmn9PdDjlGK2eK18KMGphXqmyxjuOk5PJD30PdyBC1086wIdXXJiEcQtfmqByHsk4-msqLRh4v6mARoCwJedsb3fRXwCd0gBRJ6xN1Qhy-wLnF8oDLTBw6bIHyLmH6lTAEfapoFlYfR7Y23N9yjnuEX5wcvBuq3CcqqxZxsaAtHZ~T3Q3ocshPdswZZlZdlD9-DVx7peuuZDEALIMWP0-BwIxrTYLQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The American Flood Coalition introduced its state-focused resources and approach to the Resilience Task Force at the group's March 17, 2025 meeting.

Jean Tavares, the coalition's state policy director, told the task force: \"We are a nonpartisan nonprofit that really seeks to advance solutions to flooding at all levels of government.\" She described the coalition as a member-driven organization that convenes state resilience leaders and develops practical products intended to help state and local implementers access federal funding and best practices.

The coalition framed its state work around five pillars: leadership and accountability; data management and risk assessment; strategic planning for project prioritization; funding and financing; and statewide standards and incentives. Tavares said those pillars guide the coalition's reports and tools, including a Flood Funding Finder that filters federal programs and an Adaptation for All guide that catalogs 26 approaches to address flooding.

Tavares and her slides highlighted case studies and federal tools used in other states—Florida, North Carolina, Iowa and Minnesota among them—and stressed the value of watershed-scale, forward-looking flood models. She said the coalition maintains a set of state-facing resources and runs an annual workshop of state resilience leaders to encourage peer-to-peer sharing.

Task force members asked about membership and state engagement. Tavares said coalition membership is free and that its resources are publicly available online, adding contact details for follow-up coordination with Louisiana municipal and parish associations.

The presentation concluded with the task force chair inviting members to access the coalition's tools and to follow up on outreach and technical-help requests during future task force meetings.","The American Flood Coalition presented its state-focused framework and tools to the Resilience Task Force, describing a 5-part flood resilience framework and resources intended to help states and local implementers access federal grants and adopt consistent data and planning practices.","actionData","errors"]

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Fortified Gulf Coast urges clearer insurance discounts, updated inspection standards to boost fortified roofs

Water Institute details insurance pilots, 'Flood ID' forecasting tool and community resilience support

Resilience Innovation Hub pitches finance solutions, community resilience bonds to task force

American Flood Coalition outlines state-level tools to connect local needs with federal funding