Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program

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Flood Mitigation Assistance is a competitive grant program that provides funding to states, local communities, federally recognized tribes and territories. Funds can be used for projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program.

FEMA chooses recipients based on the applicant’s ranking of the project and the eligibility and cost-effectiveness of the project.

FEMA requires state, local, tribal and territorial governments to develop and adopt hazard mitigation plans as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for hazard mitigation assistance projects. For more information, refer to the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance.

In April, FEMA published an overall summary about the subapplications submitted for the fiscal year 2022 two annual grant programs.

For fiscal year 2022, FEMA made a total of $800 million available for the Flood Mitigation Assistance program. At the close of the application period in late-January 2023, FEMA received 270 subapplications totaling nearly $980 million from 29 states, territories, and the District of Columbia.

Learn more about these submissions for the FMA and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant programs. 

See our Resource List for Flood Mitigation Assistance. Use these resources to understand project requirements and types, how area maps are created, and more.

The Mitigation Action Portfolio provides details and examples of the types of activities that may be funded. Download this template to submit your own project to the portfolio.

Nature-Based Solutions: A Guide for Local Communities (2021) lays out the business case for nature-based solutions. It also offers advice for planning and carrying them out.

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