Events
Check out events advocates are hosting!
Events are hosted by Forum participants and conveners. Find past recordings of quarterly calls under the Resources page. Contact Chrys to share your event here at cgarzon@greatlakes.org.
If you’re new to the SRF State Advocates Forum, or have been a part of this group but not very active in the last year, we invite you to join this quarterly welcome and orientation on Tuesday, May 27 at 4:00 PM ET to familiarize yourself with the Forum.
On this call we will:
1) Connect with other water infrastructure advocates,
2) Review the many resources that the Forum has created and curated to inform your understanding and advocacy needs,
3) Preview upcoming events and opportunities,
4) Answer your questions!
Join EPIC and Center for Neighborhood Technology’s webinar on a powerful new DAC Mapping Tool that explores how states define “Disadvantaged Communities” (DACs) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) across seven Great Lakes states. Developed to support advocates, state administrators, and water infrastructure partners, this tool provides interactive views of the geographic areas captured by DAC definitions in seven states – plus insights into their structure, data sources, related state SRF policies, and implications for how funds for critical drinking water infrastructure are distributed.
This DAC Mapping Tool, along with an accompanying report by EPIC, will help advocates and state policymakers explore:
- How do Great Lakes states structure their DAC definitions?
- What factors do they use in their definitions? What thresholds and weights are used for these factors? How are the factors assessed?
- To what extent are states’ current DAC definitions capturing historically underserved communities and other communities that would struggle to afford needed water infrastructure upgrades without additional subsidies?
- Are states’ DAC definitions too broad or too narrow?
- If a state were to change a threshold, weight, or even a factor in its definition, how many more or less communities would qualify as DACs?
- What is the role and impact of DAC definitions in relation to other state policies that determine which communities benefit from the DWSRF?
The DAC Mapping Tool goes live Friday, May 30! But you can bookmark the link now: https://dacmappingtool.cnt.org/.
Details coming soon. Log in to our online community platform for Zoom/calendar invite.
The Forum will have a delegation at the US Water Alliance’s One Water Summit! If you plan on attending, please select our delegation when registering. A peer dialogue will take place on July 8.
Reach out to Erin at ekanzig@rivernetwork.org for more details.
If you’re new to the SRF State Advocates Forum, or have been a part of this group but not very active in the last year, we invite you to join this quarterly welcome and orientation on Tuesday, August 26 at 4:00 PM ET to familiarize yourself with the Forum.
On this call we will:
1) Connect with other water infrastructure advocates,
2) Review the many resources that the Forum has created and curated to inform your understanding and advocacy needs,
3) Preview upcoming events and opportunities,
4) Answer your questions!
Registration information will be available ~a month prior.
If you’re new to the SRF State Advocates Forum, or have been a part of this group but not very active in the last year, we invite you to join this quarterly welcome and orientation on Tuesday, August 26 at 4:00 PM ET to familiarize yourself with the Forum.
On this call we will:
1) Connect with other water infrastructure advocates,
2) Review the many resources that the Forum has created and curated to inform your understanding and advocacy needs,
3) Preview upcoming events and opportunities,
4) Answer your questions!
Registration information will be available ~a month prior.
