Past Event
Fiscal Ready for Natural Disasters: Strategies for State Leaders (Webinar)
June
13
June 13, 2025 10:00 a.m. –
11:00 a.m. CT
Participants in this webinar learned about policy options for state leaders in building budgets and developing fiscal plans that account for the rising costs of natural disasters, enable a timely response, and help mitigate costs.
The Council of State Governments and The Pew Charitable Trusts partnered on this event. It featured presentations by Trina Sheets, executive director of the National Emergency Management Association; Peter Muller, senior officer for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Managing Fiscal Risks Project; Massachusetts Sen. Jo Comerford; and Ahna Minge, Minnesota assistant commissioner for budget services and state budget director.
Webinar Resources
- Overview of the National Emergency Management Association (a CSG Affiliate)
- Interstate Mutual Aid: How the Emergency Management Assistance Compact Works
- Presentation by Peter Muller of The Pew Charitable Trusts: “How States Can Build Disaster-Ready Budgets”
- Report of The Pew Charitable Trusts: “How States Can Build Disaster-Ready Budgets”
- Massachusetts S. 2506: Create a State Disaster Relief Fund for Emergency Management
- $15 Million Appropriation in Massachusetts’ FY 2025 Budget to Create the Disaster Relief and Resiliency Fund
- Statutory Language for the Minnesota Disaster Recovery Account
- Minnesota Disaster Recovery Account: January 2025 Report to the Legislature
- CSG Stateline Midwest Article: “States Already Play Key Role in Natural Disasters — and May Be Required to Do More”
