Deadline: 18-Apr-25
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking applications for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant program that provide funding for for hazard mitigation activities.
BRIC aims to shift the focus of federal investments away from reactive, post-disaster spending and toward research-supported, proactive investments in community resilience. These investments aim to reduce future disaster losses, loss of life, property, and future spending from the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). BRIC focuses on cost-effective hazard mitigation and climate adaptation measures including protecting public infrastructure so that critical services can withstand or more rapidly recover from future disasters, as well as other projects and activities to increase resilience throughout the nation. Through BRIC, FEMA can engage state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) partners in enhancing climate resilience and adaptation through systems-based, community-wide investments.
Program Objectives
- BRIC program objectives are aligned with the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan.
- Increase climate literacy among the emergency management community, including awareness of natural hazard risks and knowledge of best practices for hazard mitigation
- Increase awareness of stakeholders and partners with capabilities to support hazard mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
- Develop and complete more innovative risk-informed hazard mitigation projects, such as multi-hazard resilience or nature-based solutions
- Identify and mitigate the risks to natural hazards and their own threats from climate change
- Increase resources to eliminate disparities in equitable outcomes across disadvantaged communities.
- Adopt and enforce the latest published editions of building codes
Priorities
- For FY 2024, the priorities for the program are to incentivize natural hazard risk reduction activities to include those that address multi-hazards that mitigate current and future risk to public infrastructure and disadvantaged communities; incorporate nature-based solutions, including those designed to reduce carbon emissions; enhance climate resilience and adaptation; and increase funding to applicants that facilitate the adoption and enforcement of the latest published editions of building codes. BRIC encourages hazard mitigation projects that meet multiple program priorities.
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $750,000,000.00
- State/Territory Allocation Subtotal: $112,000,000
- Tribal Set-Aside Subtotal: $50,000,000
- State/Territory Building Code Plus-Up Subtotal: $112,000,000
- Tribal Building Code Plus-Up Subtotal: $25,000,000
- National Competition Subtotal: $451,000,000
- Period of Performance: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- States
- District of Columbia
- U.S. territories
- Federally recognized Tribal nations
- Applicant Eligibility Criteria
- States and territories that have had a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the seven years prior to the annual application period start date are eligible to apply to FEMA for federal assistance under BRIC (applicants). As a result of numerous major disaster declarations, all states, territories, and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply in FY 2024.
- Federally recognized Tribal nations that have had a major disaster declaration under the Stafford Act in the seven years prior to the annual application period start date or are entirely or partially located in a state or territory that has had a major disaster declaration in the seven years prior to the annual application period start date are eligible to apply to FEMA for federal assistance under BRIC as applicants or subapplicants to eligible states and territories. As a result of numerous major disaster declarations, all federally recognized Tribal nations are eligible to apply in FY 2024.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.