Resource List for the BRIC Grant Program

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fiscal Year 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities.

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This portfolio displays mitigation projects depicting an array of eligible hazard mitigation activities.

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The adoption and enforcement of building codes is an important mitigation activity that provides significant resilience benefits. This program support material provides information on eligible building code–related activities under the State/Territory Allocation and Tribal Set-Aside portion of the BRIC grant program.

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Project scoping is designed to provide funding to communities to develop mitigation strategies and obtain data to prioritize, select, and develop complete applications in a timely manner. Project scoping may result in an improvement to the community’s capability to identify appropriate mitigation projects or in the development of an application-ready mitigation project for the BRIC grant program or another funding opportunity. This program support material provides information about project scoping activities eligible under the State/Territory Allocation and Tribal Set-Aside portion of the BRIC grant program.

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FEMA promotes partnerships and provides financial assistance for eligible capability- and capacity-building activities. This program support material provides information about partnership activities eligible under the State/Territory Allocation and Tribal Set-Aside portion of the BRIC grant program.

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Under BRIC, mitigation planning activities should result in a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan or contribute new information to an existing hazard mitigation plan. This program support material provides information on mitigation planning activities that are eligible under the State/Territory Allocation and Tribal Set-Aside portion of BRIC. Subapplicants are required to have a FEMA-approved Local or Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan by the application deadline and at the time of obligation of grant funds for mitigation projects and capability-and capacity-building activities, with the exception of mitigation planning.

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FEMA will provide non-financial Direct Technical Assistance to a maximum of 20 communities to support the mitigation outcomes of the BRIC grant program. Technical assistance may include working with communities to ensure stakeholders are capable of building and sustaining successful mitigation programs, helping communities develop high-quality applications, developing local partnership networks, and assistance with implementing new and innovative projects that reduce risk from a wide range of natural hazards.

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FEMA uses technical evaluation criteria to score subapplications submitted to the national competition portion of BRIC. This program support material provides detailed information about the eight technical evaluation criteria, explains how to meet the criteria, and how to document it within a subapplication.

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A qualitative review will be conducted on the subapplications submitted for consideration under the national competition portion of BRIC. FEMA will convene a national review panel to score the subapplications using the qualitative criteria. This program support material discusses the six qualitative scoring criteria and provides transparency on how FEMA will use the criteria to score the subapplications.

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Phased projects are complex projects for which FEMA provides funding in phases to subapplicants to prepare the technical and/or environmental information, including design, engineering studies, final benefit-cost analysis (BCA), and permitting, before issuing a full construction approval. Phasing is intended for projects that are in development, but for which funding is lacking to complete certain technical pieces. This program support material provides detailed information about phased projects eligible for funding under BRIC, including an overview of the phased projects process, an explanation of how they differ from project scoping activities, and a description of when and how to use the phased project approach.

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This program support material provides an overview of the BRIC program with respect to federally recognized tribal governments. The document explains the differences between applying as an applicant and subapplicant, explains the BRIC Tribal Set-Aside funding process, and provides general tips for developing an effective BRIC application. Also included is information on the BRIC Technical and Qualitative Criteria, how a tribal community can apply for BRIC non-financial Direct Technical Assistance, and links to additional tribal resources.

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This guidance is a tool for applicants and subapplicants to assist with understanding match requirements for FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants, including BRIC. The guide encourages early coordination for cost share strategies and provides examples of different ways to meet the non-federal cost share requirement, including the use of donated resources.

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This program support material provides an overview checklist for applicants and subapplicants submitting mitigation projects to apply for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program Fiscal Year 2021 application cycle. It also includes tips for eligibility and completeness, project scoring prioritization, and technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

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