Community Navigator
Building Resilience Together
About CN
COCO is partnering with the US Forest Service and a team of national and regional nonprofits to deliver Community Navigator services. Community Navigators support communities in accessing federal funding opportunities to build capacity for wildfire risk reduction and community resilience.
Community Catalyst Fund – Applications are now CLOSED. Please stay in touch and up-to-date on the next release through our newsletter.
The Community Catalyst Fund aims to strengthen community-serving organizations with increasing capacity towards climate resilience.
Calendar of Events
Our CNI Calendar of Events captures upcoming application deadlines, trainings, events, and more to keep you on track and ready for the next opportunity.
CNI Newsletter
Sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay in touch about Community Navigators and future happenings.
Request Navigator Assistance
Fill out a CNI request form if you need a brainstorming session, have questions about funding opportunities, need additional resources, or would like another set of eyes to review your application.
Provide Feedback
Have you worked with a Community Navigator and want to share feedback? We’d love to hear feedback on support services you’ve received from the Community Navigator Program. Your response will be used to improve our future services. We truly appreciate your insight and your time.
Information gathered via the CNI request form and feedback form is used by our staff to better assist communities. Data collected is not used by the USDA Forest Service or any other government agency.
Partnering Navigator Organizations
Founded in 1998, AIANTA was established by tribes for tribes to address inequities in the tourism system. AIANTA’s mission is to define, introduce, grow and sustain American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian tourism that honors traditions and values.
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund is a 57-year-old regional cooperative and rural economic development organization serving a membership of Black farmers, landowners, cooperatives, and other low-income rural people in the South with coop development, land retention, and advocacy.
The First Nations Development Institute’s mission is to strengthen American Indian economies to support healthy Native communities by investing in and creating innovative institutions and models that strengthen asset control and support economic development for American Indian people and their communities.
Hispanic Access Foundation establishes bridges of access that provide a path for the development and rise of Latino leaders and elevates their voices in areas where they are underrepresented. Their program will serve as a bridge between 1,200+ Latino-serving community-based/Spanish-speaking organizations, and those at high risk of wildfires and extreme climate change, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The Watershed Research and Training Center is a nonprofit organization located in the heart of Trinity County, California. WRTC operates at the local, state, and national scales to steward our landscape, create and sustain quality jobs, and connect people to the landscape and each other. As part of this work, we steward the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, which supports, trains, resources, and connects people and communities working on wildfire resilience.