美国.S. 美国陆军工程兵团(USACE)宣布已拨款500美元,为加尔维斯顿的海岸屏障工程捐款, 也被称为艾克堤, a crucial project that aims to mitigate crippling flooding from catastrophic storm surges in vulnerable communities along the coastline.   The first round of funding will facilitate the preconstruction engineering and design phase of the first segment of the Bolivar Peninsula and West Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Shoreline and Island Protection feature, 通常被称为生态系统恢复功能G-28, 根据墨西哥湾海岸保护区.   单击展开 该项目包括加尔维斯顿湾风暴潮屏障系统, 包括八个海湾和海湾防御项目. 其中包括玻利瓦尔道路大门系统, a two-mile-long closure structure situated between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. 该屏障旨在减少进入海湾的风暴潮, offering direct protection against storm surges for communities residing on the barrier island.  与此同时, the West Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Shoreline and Island Protection portion of the project will focus on coastal restoration, including beach and dune segments on Bolivar Peninsula and West Galveston Island. It will also protect critical fish and wildlife habitat against coastal storms and erosion processes.  In addition to enhancing coastal resilience and protecting vulnerable communities from storm surges, this critical project will save tens of billions of dollars in disaster recovery funding and safeguard the Houston Ship Channel, 这是一个经济引擎，帮助推动了该地区和国家的发展.  “The Coastal Texas Project is one of the largest projects in the history of the U.S. 陆军工程兵团，”上校说. 瑞德一. 美国空军加尔维斯顿地区指挥官布莱克蒙在一份声明中说. “这个项目对国家来说很重要，原因有很多. Not only will it reduce risk to the vulnerable populations along the Texas coast, but it will also protect vital ecosystems and economically critical infrastructure vital to the U.S. 供应链和许多全球产业位于这里.”  The Greater Houston Partnership has actively advocated to propel the Coastal Texas Project and other initiatives like it forward for years. 该组织最近一次访问了华盛顿特区.C., to advocate for the use of funds from the new Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) program, which would provide billions of dollars for flood mitigation projects in the Houston region.  The Houston region consistently works to identify flood mitigation solutions and funding opportunities. 就在最近，美国政府宣布了.S. Department of 运输 granted Harris County and the Houston-Galveston Area Council over $10 million to bolster transportation infrastructure projects that aim to enhance resiliency against climate change.  了解更多关于德克萨斯海岸项目的信息. 

The Greater Houston Partnership has launched the Best Place for Working Parents®, an online self-assessment enabling local business leaders to determine whether their organization qualifies to earn the designation. 起源于2020年的沃斯堡, the confidential online business self-assessment allows businesses of all sizes tout innovative practices that are helping today’s working parents provide for their families, 在非常时期适应和发展工作. The assessment highlights the top 10 research-backed policies proven to benefit working parents and businesses’ bottom line. The assessment also provides a real-time dashboard of how a business fares against other businesses of like size and industry across each of the top 10 family-friendly practices in their region. 而家庭友好政策对在职父母有直接影响, research shows that there is also a serious business case for being family-friendly: 83% of millennials would leave one job for another with stronger family-friendly support. Replacing an employee costs an employer six to nine months of that employee’s salary. Over 60% of working parents said child care issues have caused them to miss work. Employers lose $13 billion annually due to child care challenges faced by their workforce.    作为休斯顿地区的领导组织, the Partnership encourages businesses to participate in the assessment and learn more about the effectiveness of their policies. The self-assessment offers real-time designations to businesses of all sizes whose family-friendly policies qualify through a first-of-its-kind, 3分钟在线自我评估. The Best Place for Working Parents® designation for qualifying businesses can be accessed at business.bestplace4workingparents.com. View these additional resources to learn more about the assessment and why it's important.  案例研究 家庭友好行动计划 参与的工作场所 通过家庭友好政策获得竞争优势 2023年国家趋势报告 “重返工作岗位”研究报告 2024年全国峰会