Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program - FY 2024
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| CFDA: | 97.029 |
| Federal FON: | DHS-24-MT-029-000-98 |
| Office: | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Directorate Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Division |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 04/18/2025 (Application) |
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| Solicitation Date: | 01/06/2025 |
| Match Required: | Yes |
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $600,000,000 (Confirmed) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is 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. The funding agency recognizes 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.
The program will address the following goals of the funding agency's 2022-2026 strategic plan:
- Instill equity as a foundation of emergency management
- Lead the whole of community in climate resilience
- Promote and sustain a ready funding agency and prepared nation
The program also supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy by advancing mitigation investment to reduce risks posed by natural hazards and increasing the nation's resilience to natural hazards.
The funding agency will support the following types of projects, and select projects to support in the following order:
- Capability- and capacity-building (C&CB) projects:
- Mitigation plans
- Technical assistance by states to communities
- Project scoping
- Additional C&CB activities that enhance the knowledge, skills, and expertise of the current workforce to expand and improve the administration of flood mitigation assistance
- Localized flood risk reduction projects
- Individual flood mitigation projects
- Other projects, as detailed on pages 46-48 of the NOFA file
All subapplications submitted under the C&CB priority must demonstrate that the project will reduce flood claims against the NFIP. The funding agency encourages the use of environmentally friendly construction practices when implementing projects. All structure elevation, mitigation reconstruction, and dry floodproofing projects, as well as all projects using funds for new construction, substantial improvement, or to address substantial damage to structures, must meet the minimum standards of the funding agency's partial implementation of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS). Refer to pages 14-17 of the NOFA file for additional requirements based on project type, as well as to pages 36-49 of the NOFA file for additional information regarding eligible projects, associated requirements, and the funding agency's prioritization order.
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are:
- States
- The District of Columbia
- U.S. territories
- Federally recognized Indian tribal governments
Each eligible applicant must designate one agency to serve as the applicant.
Communities that choose to apply as subapplicants, including local governments, cities, townships, counties, special district governments, and tribal governments, including federally recognized tribal nations that choose to apply as subapplicants, are considered subapplicants and must submit subapplications to their applicant agency. Federally recognized tribal governments that directly apply to the funding agency will be considered applicants.
Certain political subdivisions, such as regional flood control districts or county governments, may apply and act as subapplicants if they are part of a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) where the political subdivision provides zoning and building code enforcement or planning and community development professional services for that community. Subapplications under which two or more entities would carry out the award are eligible, such as a multistate or multitribal initiative; however, only one entity may be the subapplicant with primary responsibility for carrying out the award.
All applicants and subapplicants must be participating in the NFIP, and not be withdrawn, on probation, or suspended. NFIP community status can be verified online at www.fema.gov.
Applicants must have a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved mitigation plan by the application deadline and at the time of award obligation. In addition, subapplicants are generally required to have a FEMA-approved local or tribal hazard mitigation plan by the application deadline and at the time of award obligation; however, subapplicants for Capability- and capacity-building (C&CB) activities’ mitigation plans are exempt from the hazard mitigation plan requirement.
In order to be eligible for technical assistance awards, applicants must have received an award through this program in FY 2023 of at least $1 million.
The program will prioritize projects that benefit disadvantaged communities and implement the federal government's Justice40 initiative, as detailed on pages 8-9 of the NOFA file.
Eligible Applicants:
Native American TribeState Government
Application Notes:
Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. ET on April 18, 2025.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
Applications must include:
- SF 424
- Grants.gov lobbying form
- SF 424A and/or SF 424C (as applicable)
- SF 424B and/or SF 424D (as applicable)
- SF LLL
- Indirect cost rate agreement (if applicable)
- Project-specific forms and information (as applicable)
- Information needed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (if applicable)
- Benefit/cost analysis (if applicable)
- Acquisition project requirements (if applicable)
- Go/no-go milestone information (if applicable)
The following are required in order to submit an application:
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
- SAM (System for Award Management) registration
- SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification
Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.
Applications will be evaluated and prioritized according to the criteria on pages 35-49 of the NOFA file.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Yes |
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| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $600,000,000 (Confirmed) |
Match Notes:
In general, applicants must provide 25 percent of the total eligible project costs via nonfederal matching contributions. Matching contributions may consist of cash, donated or third-party in-kind services, materials, or any combination thereof. Matching contributions must consist of eligible costs for award funds.
For individual flood mitigation projects, the funding agency may provide up to 100 percent of the total project cost for severe repetitive loss (SRL) properties, and may provide up to 90 percent of the total project cost for repetitive loss (RL) properties.
For capability- and capacity-building (C&CB) and localized flood risk reduction projects, the funding agency may cover 90 percent of the costs for projects in areas with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) social vulnerability index of more than 0.5001.
Detailed information regarding the program's matching provisions is provided on page 2 and pages 17-20 of the NOFA file.
Applications may include structures with different federal matching requirements. The overall matching contribution proposed by applications must reflect the combined required matching rate for all structures combined.
For awards that do not exceed $200,000, matching requirements will be waived for insular areas, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If awards exceed $200,000, the funding agency may waive all or part of matching requirements.
Other federal award funds may not be used as matching contributions, unless the federal statutory authority for those funds allows them to be used as matching contributions. In addition, matching contributions may not be used for:
- Matching contributions for any other federal grants and cooperative agreements
- Lobbying
- Prosecuting claims against the federal government or any other government entity
Funding Notes:
A total of $600 million is available to support an estimated 40 awards and 725 subawards through this program. Of the available funding, $60 million is set aside for C&CB projects, $420 million is set aside for localized flood risk reduction projects, and $120 million is set aside for individual flood mitigation projects. Refer to pages 10-11 and pages 36-48 of the NOFA file for additional details regarding maximum awards per applicant and subapplicant under each category.
Project periods will be for 36 months. Extensions will be considered only through formal, written requests submitted and approved at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the project period.
Pre-award costs directly related to developing applications or subapplications that were incurred prior to the award date may be eligible, contingent upon approval by the funding agency.
Management costs are limited to 10 percent of the project costs for applicants, and 5 percent of the project costs for subapplicants. Indirect costs are eligible as part of management costs.
Funds may not be used for:
- Matching contributions for any other federal grants and cooperative agreements
- Lobbying
- Prosecuting claims against the federal government or any other government entity
- Intervention in federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
- Suing the federal government or any other government entity
- Covered telecommunications equipment and services, as detailed on pages 30-31 of the NOFA file
- Pre-award costs associated with implementation of a project
Contacts:
(See Contact Notes)
Agency Address
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
P.O. Box 10055
Hyattsville, MD 20782-8055
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regional office listed online at www.fema.gov, or to the appropriate state hazard mitigation officer listed online at www.fema.gov. Refer to pages 58-60 of the NOFA file for additional information regarding program contacts.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program. Additional resources regarding this program, including information regarding previous awards made through this program, can be found online at www.fema.gov. Detailed guidelines for the funding agency’s application submission portal can be found online at www.fema.gov/grants/guidance-tools/fema-go.
| Project: | Acquisition/Demolition 240 Cherokee Road Ormond Beach Florida (3.4 Mb) |
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| Applicant: | Volusia County Emergency Management Division |
| Summary: |
The purpose of this program is to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures insurable under the National Flood Insurance Program. Volusia County Emergency Management Division requested $272,000 to remove repetitive loss properties from FEMA's repetitive loss list. The proposed project goal is to acquire a single-family residence, which is four feet below the base flood elevation, in Ormond Beach, Florida; demolish the residence; grade the lot; and leave it as open space in perpetuity, thereby eliminating any future flood insurance claims on the residence and reducing the probability of homes adjacent to the lot flooding. |
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