Resilient Florida staff report program progress, funding demand and implementation challenges
Chief Resilience Officer Eddie Bouza told the subcommittee Resilient Florida has funded planning and implementation grants, completed a statewide assessment (May 2023, final July 2024), and reported $420 million in appropriations to date with broad demand for implementation funding; staff cited permitting delays and staffing needs as challenges.
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Eddie Bouza, Florida’s chief resilience officer and lead for the Resilient Florida program, briefed the Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee on the program’s first years, describing planning grants, a statewide critical-asset assessment and implementation projects funded by the program.
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