FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants Application Period Open

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The best money spent is in preparing for disaster rather than recovery from it. Dollar for dollar the money spent on pre-disaster mitigation can save many more dollars (and potentially lives) down the road when disaster hits. Applying for FEMA grant funding for pre-disaster mitigation is a great roll-over activity to fund potential fixes issues that may have been discovered during National Preparedness Month activities.

FEMA has opened up application periods for two grants aimed at pre-disaster mitigation, saving property and lives before disaster strikes. These two grants are:

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Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant

The FMA grant is one of FEMA’s main grants. It is a competitive grant that is aimed at reducing or eliminating risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Available Funding (From FEMA Website)

For FY23, FEMA will distribute up to $800 million through the FMA grant program in the following manner:

  1. Up to $60 million for Capability and Capacity Building (C&CB) Activities which enhance the knowledge, skills, expertise, etc., of the current workforce to expand or improve the administration of the program. These activities may be used to develop future Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects and/or Individual Flood Mitigation Projects that will subsequently reduce flood insurance claims submitted to the NFIP.
  2. Up to $520 million for Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects to address community flood risk for the purpose of reducing National Flood Insurance Program flood claim payments.
  3. At least $220 million for Individual Flood Mitigation Projects that mitigate the risk of flooding to individual NFIPinsured structures.

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities

The BRIC program is a new program that replaces the Pre Disaster Mitigation Grant program. The PDM grant program was one of the root competitive grant programs offered by FEMA.

Available Funding (From FEMA Website)

For FY23, FEMA will distribute up to $1 billion through the BRIC grant program in the following manner:

  1. State/Territory Allocation: $112 million (up to $2 million per Applicant). All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories may apply under the State/Territory Allocation
  2. Tribal Set-Aside: $50 million. All Indian tribal governments (federally recognized) may apply under the Tribal Set-Aside.
  3. National Competition for Mitigation Projects: $701 million (estimated). Remaining funds that are not awarded from the State/Territory Allocation or Tribal Set-Aside will be included in the national competition.

The application period for these two grant opened up on Oct. 16, 2023. The open application period runs until Feb. 29, 2024.