Advocacy in Action: 2025 SRF State Advocates Forum Member Engagement Report

The State Revolving Fund (SRF) State Advocates Forum (Forum) fosters SRF policy knowledge-building, interactive peer exchanges, and proactive dialogue among advocates focused on more equitable investment in our nation’s water infrastructure. The Forum activates a network of peers who contribute to a collective body of SRF knowledge and work collaboratively to improve state SRF policies and practices. 

This report represents a summary of Forum member advocacy submitted to the SRF Forum Engagement Tracker via the SRF Forum Engagement Survey from January to November 2025. In-depth interviews were conducted with a subset of survey respondents to supplement survey findings from August to September of 2025. Forum members' strategies led some state SRF agencies to adopt policies and practices that improved outcomes for small and underserved communities seeking funding.

This report is produced annually. The first report covered two periods—2021–2022 and 2023–2024—and two additional reports will document progress through 2026 and 2027. Across the first two periods, we observed several key trends, including the growing role of coalitions, increased direct engagement with SRF administrators, and a sharpening of policy and programmatic priorities—among other important developments.

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