Your CRS People

Community Rating System support for your municipality.

The Community Community Rating System was formed to serve cities, towns, and counties who participate in or wish to participate in the federal Community Rating System (CRS) program for the benefit of their communities. We provide project management and subject matter expert skillsets to coordinate your initial entry to the CRS program, maintain your status, or improve your community’s rating in the program. Our staff are experienced as well as being current with changes to the CRS program.

As a part of our commitment to making communities more resilient, we contribute 10% of all profit to a water resources related charity (link here).

CRS as described by the Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Community Rating System (CRS) recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum NFIP standards. Depending upon the level of participation, flood insurance premium rates for policyholders can be reduced up to 45%. Besides the benefit of reduced insurance rates, CRS floodplain management activities enhance public safety, reduce damages to property and public infrastructure, avoid economic disruption and losses, reduce human suffering, and protect the environment. Technical assistance on designing and implementing some activities is available at no charge. Participating in the CRS provides an incentive to maintaining and improving a community's floodplain management program over the years. Implementing some CRS activities can help projects qualify for certain other Federal assistance programs.