The Puget Sound Climate Preparedness Collaborative is conducting a short Community Needs Survey to better understand if and how local governments, Tribes, and organizations across the Puget Sound basin are preparing for the impacts of climate change and what support is needed to help with that work.  

For Tribes and Tribal organizations: Click here to take the Tribal Community Needs Survey & For local governments and related organizations: Click here to take the Community Needs Survey

 The Community Needs survey is being conducted as part of a three-year federal grant recently awarded to the Collaborative to support local work on climate preparedness, including direct assistance to smaller jurisdictions and Tribes via a forthcoming Small Communities Cohort Program. Your input will help shape the Collaborative’s technical assistance and learning programs, ensuring that the work is responsive to local needs. More about the Collaborative and ways to get involved is included here. We are interested in hearing from staff and elected officials in jurisdictions, public agencies, and Tribes in the Puget Sound basin. If you work in emergency management, planning, infrastructure, public health, natural resources, sustainability, economic development, social services, or related areas, we want to hear from you. This survey is not just for those who are currently working on climate change!

King County Rental Housing and Utility Affordability Survey

 King County created a survey for renters about rental housing and utility affordability in King County. The results of this survey will help inform programs and policies at the county to reduce the utility burden on frontline communities. The survey has also been translated into Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Spanish, Khmer, Somali, and Vietnamese. Social media and printable flyers are available here.

KCRHA Service Provider Communications Survey

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority is working to improve our customer service for the front-line service providers in our homeless response system. To inform this process, we’ve put together a short (10 minute) survey to gather information and ideas directly from you. Your responses will help us improve our services. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey today. Thank you!

City of Sammamish: Emergency Evacuation Study

The City of Sammamish is currently undertaking an evacuation study to determine how long it would take to evacuate the City under different circumstances (weekday versus weekend, midday versus evening, etc.). The results of this study will be used to enhance emergency response plans for the City and help protect our residents and visitors. The survey below includes questions designed to estimate demographics for the City that are not available from the U.S. Census Bureau. These demographics help determine the number of vehicles that will be evacuating the City in the event of an emergency. The survey also includes questions designed to estimate the time needed by residents and visitors to prepare to evacuate.