Deadline: 29-Feb-24
The Department of Homeland Security is inviting applications to reduce or eliminate the flood risk of repetitive flood damage to structures and buildings insured by the NFIP, and to enhance community flood resilience within NFIP-participating communities.
The Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program makes federal funds available to states, U.S. territories, federally recognized Tribal governments, and local governments to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and within NFIP-participating communities. It does so with a recognition of the growing flood hazards associated with climate change, and of the need for flood hazard risk mitigation activities that promote climate adaptation, equity, and resilience with respect to flooding. These include both acute extreme weather events and chronic stressors which have been observed and are expected to increase in intensity and frequency in the future. From Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 to FY 2019, FMA obligated over $1.5 billion in federal cost share mitigating over 8,000 properties insured by the NFIP
Priorities
- The FMA grant program funds three types of activities and projects: Capability and Capacity Building Activities, Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects, and Individual Flood Mitigation Projects. FMA encourages flood mitigation projects that will benefit multiple properties located in an NFIP-participating community.
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $800,000,000
- Capability and Capacity Building Activities subtotal: $60,000,000
- Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects subtotal: $520,000,000
- Individual Flood Mitigation Projects subtotal: $220,000,000
- Projected Number of Awards: 40 awards; 725 subawards
- Period of Performance: 36 months
Performance Measures
- The following key performance indicators provide strategic and relevant information to decisionmakers and stakeholders about FMA’s progress and success toward achieving goals and objectives, and are based on measurable data that are available or could be feasibly collected:
- Total number of NFIP-insured properties selected that are FMA and/or NFIP defined Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL), Repetitive Loss (RL), and Substantially Damaged.
- Total federal cost share funding invested in or benefitting Justice40 Communities identified using version 1.0 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST).
- Total dollar amount of flood losses avoided in projects or communities funded by FMA subapplications. FEMA recognizes that many effective resilience solutions, such as nature-based solutions, yield critical benefits that are not monetizable. As such, FEMA notes that these key performance indicators are not determinative of whether an application to the FMA grant program is selected for funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- States
- District of Columbia
- U.S. territories
- Federally recognized Tribal governments
- All applicants and subapplicants must be participating in the NFIP, and not be withdrawn, on probation, or suspended.
- Structures eligible for Individual Flood Mitigation Projects must have an NFIP policy (including a Group Flood Insurance Policy [GFIP]) in effect prior to the opening of the application period and the policy must be maintained throughout the life of the structure. The requirement of maintaining flood insurance shall apply during the life of the property, regardless of transfer of ownership of such property
- Applicants are required to have a FEMA-approved State or Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan in accordance with 44 C.F.R. Part 201 by the application deadline and at the time of obligation of the award.
- Subapplicants are required to have a FEMA-approved Local or Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan in accordance with 44 C.F.R. Part 201 by the application deadline and at the time of obligation of grant funds for Capability and Capacity Building Activities, Localized Flood Risk Reduction Project, and Individual Flood Mitigation Project subapplications. Capability and Capacity Building Activities’ Mitigation Plans subapplications are exempt from the hazard mitigation plan requirement for subapplicants only. Mitigation plan integration, while not required to be eligible for FMA, is encouraged. For additional information, refer to section H.14 of this funding opportunity. Local hazard mitigation plans must conform to the Local Plan Review Guide, or any subsequent local mitigation planning guide that supersedes it.
- To be considered for financial assistance, all applicants must submit their FY 2023 FMA grant applications to FEMA via FEMA GO. Refer to Section D, Application and Submission Information of this funding opportunity.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.