Resources for the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program

These Program Support Materials (PSMs) provide important information on key elements for the Flood Mitigation Assistance grant program. These are resources for the FY22 grant cycle. The program support materials illustrate example projects and activities that can be funded through capability and capacity building. The funding opportunity is also published on Grants.gov

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FY22 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Individual Flood Mitigation Fact Sheet

Individual Flood Mitigation activities are one of the three Flood Mitigation Assistance program priorities in FY22. FEMA makes federal funds available through the FMA program to state, local, tribal and territorial governments to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This fact sheet provides detailed information on individual flood mitigation projects eligible for funding.

Flood Mitigation Grant Applications Geospatial File Eligibility Criteria Job Aid

A crucial component of the Community Flood Mitigation project subapplication is proving that the proposed project benefits NFIP-insured properties for which submission of a benefitting area map and associated geospatial file is required. This job aid provides detailed information on how to create a Benefiting Area Map for submission with a project subapplication.

FY22 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects Fact Sheet

Localized Flood Risk Reduction activities are one of the three Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program priorities in FY22. This program support material provides detailed information about Localize Flood Risk Reduction Projects to support measures that reduce flood losses for single structures or facilities, groups of structures or whole neighborhoods.

FY22 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Capability & Capacity Building (C&CB) Fact Sheet

Capability & Capacity Building (C&CB) activities are one of the three Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program priorities in FY22. This program support material provides detailed information about C&CB activities to enhance the knowledge skills, expertise, etc., of the current workforce to expand or improve the administration of mitigation assistance.

FY22 Submitting Phased Projects for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) or Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Funding

FEMA provides funding for complex projects in phases to subapplicants to prepare the technical and/or environmental information, including design, engineering studies, final benefit cost-analysis and permitting before issuing a full construction approval. This document provides detailed information about phased projects and an explanation of how they differ from project scoping activities.

Last updated August 23, 2022