Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants

FEMA's hazard mitigation assistance provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses.

"Hazard mitigation" is any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from future disasters.

Mitigation planning breaks the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction and repeated damage. Hazard mitigation includes long-term solutions that reduce the impact of disasters in the future.

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Drought Mitigation Policy Aid

This policy aid provides important information on applying for funding for planning related and drought mitigation activities, including additional resources, such as links to partner websites.

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Find Funding for Hazard Mitigation

Which Best Describes Your Project?

Rebuilding my community after a major disaster in a way that reduces future disaster losses.

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program (HMGP)

Reducing the risk of flood damage to NFIP-insured buildings.

Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)

Helping my community reduce risks from future disasters and natural hazards.

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

Making my community more resilient after a wildfire disaster.

HMGP Post-Fire Assistance

Implementing one of the 100 Congressional Community Projects that prioritize sustainable & cost-effective measures to reduce risk and/or reliance on federal disaster funding.

Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)

Find Resources for Applying to & Managing Grants

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Access resources to help interpret federal statutes, regulations and best practices about mitigation strategies.

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Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division 2019 Year in Review

FEMA provides an update on Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs and highlights successes in mitigation nationwide.

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FY21 Project Scoping Activities for BRIC

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 or Territory Allocation and Tribal Set-Aside portion of the program.

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Warning Sirens and Systems: Application Overview

Application templates have been developed to provide step-by-step instructions for specific project types. This application can be used for projects intended to alert the nearby population of an imminent risk of natural hazards, such as tornado, tsunami, flash flooding, wildfire or any eligible hazard mitigation project that requires an emergency response.

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Generator: Application Example Document

The following template is intended to help the reader understand the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application process.

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Closeout Toolkit: Checklist for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Subawards

This document provides a checklist for the required information to close HMGP subawards.

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Flood Risk Reduction Technical Review

This job aid supplement covers the requirements associated with the technical reviews for flood risk reduction projects funded by Hazard Mitigation Assistance.

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Post-Wildfire Soil Stabilization: Application Instructions

This document provides instructions on how to complete the application for a post-wildfire soil stabilization project under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). This application is intended to be used only for post-wildfire soil stabilization projects, including reseeding ground cover with quick-growing or native species, planting grass to prevent the spread of noxious weeds, and mulching with straw or chipped wood.

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Creating a Benefitting Area Map for an Application or Subapplication for the Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Cycle

The following guidance is for subapplicants and applicants to create successful area maps for the Fiscal Year 2023 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) or Flood Mitigation Assistance grant programs submissions.

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Visit the About Hazard Mitigation Assistance page for programmatic information, such as:

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