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.
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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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)
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Access resources to help interpret federal statutes, regulations and best practices about mitigation strategies.
The following template is only intended to help the reader understand the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application process.
This application can be used for projects that involve generators for providing emergency backup power to facilities in the event of a loss of utility power.
This document answers questions on closing Management Costs.
This job aid supplement covers the requirements associated with the technical reviews for elevation projects funded by Hazard Mitigation Assistance.
The following template is intended to help the reader understand the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application process.
Non-financial direct technical assistance provided through the BRIC DTA initiative can provide holistic hazard mitigation planning and project support at the earliest stages to communities requesting assistance.
Please refer to FEMA GO for planning subapplications. This document has been archived and is included for reference only.
This document supplements the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Guidance by providing direction on the Program Administration by States provision in the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, Section 1104(b).
This guidance was effective from October 1, 2017 through March 22, 2023.
This document provides instructions on how to complete the application for a community safe room project under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). This application can be used for community safe room project applications.
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Visit the About Hazard Mitigation Assistance page for programmatic information, such as: