The Iowa Silver Jackets Team has a Vision of strong intergovernmental partnerships that result in comprehensive and sustainable solutions to state flood hazards. Their intergovernmental team of state and Federal agencies, aims to:
- Facilitate strategic, integrated life-cycle mitigation actions to reduce the threat, vulnerability and consequences of flooding in the State of Iowa;
- Create or supplement a mechanism to collaboratively solve issues and implement or recommend solutions;
- Foster leveraging of available resources and information among agencies;
- Increase and improve flood risk communication and outreach;
- Promote wise stewardship of the taxpayers' investments;
- Develop more comprehensive regional flood risk management strategies through participation in the Regional Interagency Flood Risk Management Team;
- Inform the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Commander and State-level agency directors during flood response and recovery activities; and
- Integrate mitigation into recovery actions.