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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) will support states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards.
The BRIC program guiding principles are supporting communities through capability- and capacity-building; encouraging and enabling innovation; promoting partnerships; enabling large projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency.
FY 2021 Notices of Funding Opportunities
The FY 2021 application period for the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs), which includes the BRIC program, opened on Sept. 30, 2021, and will close at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 28, 2022.
Subapplicants should touch base with their respective State Hazard Mitigation Officer to ask about project priorities and additional application requirements or deadlines for submitting information.
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Fiscal Year 2020 Subapplication Status
On July 1, 2021, FEMA announced the status of subapplicants for the $700 million available in FY 2020 grants. See the selections for:
Actual awards are anticipated to be made beginning in late December 2021.
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Learn about the available funding, who's eligible to apply, types of activities eligible for funding, and what to expect when you apply.
Get important application dates, resources to navigate FEMA GO, criteria required in your application and details on the documentation you need to include.
Understand your application status, the appeal process and how to manage your award.
Read about the mission and vision of the BRIC program, see its past and future timeline and access summaries of stakeholders' feedback on its creation.
BRIC Resources
Program Support Materials
Visit our Resource List for BRIC for important resources to support building codes, partnerships, project scoping and more.
Mitigation Action Portfolio provides detailed documentation on hazard mitigation activities that are eligible for funding. Download the template to submit your own project to the portfolio.
Nature-Based Solutions: A Guide for Local Communities (2021) presents the business case and practical advice for planning and implementation on nature-based solutions.
April 2020 Summary of Stakeholder Feedback provides a summary of the input we received from the over 5,000 comments that helped inform the design of the BRIC program.
FEMA Resources for Climate Resilience assists FEMA's state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) partners in navigating the FEMA resources that are available to support communities in adapting to the impacts of climate change and build resilience.
BRIC Policy establishes the framework and requirements for the program while allowing flexibility to promote continuous program improvement through priorities and criteria set forth in the annual Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Infographic summarizes the mission and goals of the BRIC program.
Status update of the Fiscal Year 2020 BRIC subapplication selections.
March 2021 summary provide an overview of BRIC's Fiscal Year 2020 application submissions.
FEMA GO is the grants management system used to apply for BRIC program grants.
News and Announcements
FEMA selected eight communities, including three tribes, for Non-Financial Direct Technical Assistance during the Fiscal Year 2020 application cycle.
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FEMA is beginning the award selection process for the BRIC grant program for fiscal year 2021 and convening a virtual National Review Panel to score subapplications. BRIC is a competitive FEMA grant program to support states, local communities, tribes and territories. The panel reviews submitted subapplications for hazard mitigation projects that aim to reduce the risk from disasters and natural hazards.
FEMA needs volunteers from state, local, tribal and territorial governments and other federal agencies to participate on the panels. FEMA anticipates the panels will increase transparency into the decision-making process for applicants, while building capability and partnerships with the panelists.
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Prospective subapplicants should contact their appropriate state, tribe or territory (applicant level) Hazard Mitigation Office with questions about the BRIC program.