St. Paul Selected for Inaugural Cohort to Expand Local Emergency Response Plan

St. Paul was selected as one of four municipalities to take part in an inaugural cohort aimed at expanding emergency preparedness plans. The national nonprofit Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) launched its Emergency Financial Empowerment (EFE) initiative to assist local governments with building and expanding their emergency preparedness and response infrastructure to better support the individual and family financial needs of their residents. 

The goal of the program is to provide residents with more streamlined access to financial support resources. Through the EFE initiative, the city will receive technical assistance from the CFE Fund on connecting financial empowerment supports to emergency response procedures, which can range from individual financial counseling to prepare for emergencies to helping residents navigate requirements across federal grant and loan applications after a disaster. 

In addition to St. Paul, Dallas, Texas; Gainesville, Florida; Rochester, New York; and St. Louis, Missouri, were chosen competitively for the inaugural EFE cohort. St. Paul and other grantees were selected for their demonstrated interest in identifying the role of local emergency management in household financial resilience. 

Learn more at cfefund.org.