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County outlines Resilient Adams implementation, working groups and ARPA funding process
Summary
Staff described the county—'s Resilient Adams plan, governance (executive steering committee and five working groups), 2026 priorities across data, capacity, communications, stakeholder engagement and finance, and a $1.1 million ARPA funding pot to support implementation requests.
County staff presented details of the Resilient Adams implementation plan, describing the five thematic working groups, early 2026 priorities and how the county will allocate $1.1 million in ARPA funding to support working-group actions.
Danielle (Resilient Adams lead) told the Board the plan adopted May 14, 2025, contains five themes, 14 goals and 59 action items and that the consultant assessment returned an average resiliency score of 57%. She described the governance structure: an executive steering committee with ELT representation and cross-departmental working groups for data utilization, organizational capacity, stakeholder engagement, communications and funding.
Why it matters: The county said the 2026 emphasis is implementation and building internal capacity so departments can use better data for decisions, improve emergency-readiness systems, standardize community engagement (including language-access minimums) and prepare financial processes to maximize emergency reimbursements.
Notable program and schedule points: The data group is finalizing a data-inventory intake and repository; the organizational-capacity group will inventory emergency plans and prioritize three to five gaps for internal action; communications plans are due in July with a soft launch during National Preparedness Month (September 2026); stakeholder engagement will prioritize language-access standards; and the funding group will create guides, templates and workflows for reimbursement and training.
Funding process: Staff said the board previously allocated $1.1 million in ARPA (August 15, 2023) that is restricted to plan-related activities and that working-group funding requests (four received in the first round) were submitted in June. The executive steering committee will score requests in July and, if approved, working groups can obligate funds beginning in August. "We still have the majority of the $1.1 million; we've spent roughly $10,000 so far," Danielle said.
What happens next: Staff will report progress quarterly to the executive steering committee and return in Q4 to review 2026 outcomes and help shape 2027 priorities; they will rescore county indicators (using an in-house tool adapted from the consultants' craft tool) in Q1 2027 to measure progress.
