Pre-Disaster Mitigation FY2019 Subapplication Status

This page provides the status of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) planning and project subapplications that were submitted to FEMA for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 application cycle. FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs provide funding to protect life and property from future natural disasters. The PDM grant program is designed to implement a sustained predisaster natural hazard mitigation program to reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding in future disasters.

For FY 2019, as FEMA transitions from the legacy Pre-Disaster Mitigation program to the Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities program, there is no gap in mitigation assistance to our grant applicants.  FEMA is using the funding set aside for BRIC to advance the objective of reducing disaster risk. The agency made $250 million available for grants. On August 26, 2019, FEMA announced the application period from September 30, 2019 - January 31, 2020 in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) posted on www.grants.gov.

FEMA will select eligible subapplications up to the available PDM funding amount of $250 million in the following order:

1. Statutory Allocation of $575,000 Federal Share for States, Territories and the District of Columbia (DC)

To meet the statutory requirement, FEMA will select eligible planning and project subapplications from each state, territory and DC in order of the applicant’s rank (#1–x) to the lowest ranked subapplication that brings the total federal share to no more than $575,000 (see Other Eligibility Criteria subsection under section C of this NOFO).

For example, an Applicant’s #1 ranked subapplication for $200,000 Federal share and #2 ranked subapplication for $340,000 would be selected for the allocation; however, the #3 ranked subapplication for $575,000 and any other eligible subapplications would be considered on a competitive basis in priority category 3 below.

2. Tribal Set Aside of $20 Million for Federally-Recognized Tribes, Not to Exceed $575,000 Federal Share Per Tribal Applicant

FEMA will set aside $20 million for federally-recognized tribes applying directly to FEMA as applicants.  FEMA will select eligible planning and project subapplications for each tribal applicant in order of the tribe’s rank (#1–x) to the lowest ranked subapplication that brings the total federal share to no more than $575,000, not to exceed a total of $20 million.

3. Competitive Funding

After meeting the statutory requirement for state/territory allocations and the tribal set aside, FEMA will select from the remaining eligible planning and project subapplications from all applicants on a competitive basis up to the available amount of funding.

If an applicant submits projects in excess of the limit for competitive consideration (see Other Eligibility Criteria subsection under section C of this NOFO), then FEMA will only review the highest ranked competitive project subapplications up to the limit.

FEMA will select subapplications for competitive funding in the following order:

1. Multi-state/tribal mitigation initiatives.
   FEMA will select one eligible multi-state/tribal mitigation planning or project subapplication per applicant.
2. Planning subapplications from applicants that have less than $400,000 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) planning funds available.
   FEMA will select eligible planning subapplications from applicants that have less than $400,000 HMGP planning funds available (see Hazard Mitigation Grant Program subsection in Section H of this NOFO).
3. Project subapplications from applicants that have less than $4 million HMGP regular project funds available.
   FEMA will select eligible project subapplications from applicants that have less than $4 million HMGP regular project funds in the following order:
   1. Mitigation projects that reduce risk to any natural hazard (e.g., seismic, wildfire, landslide, wind, flood, drought)
   2. Generators for critical facilities identified in a FEMA-approved mitigation plan and meet the standards set by local building codes
4. Planning subapplications from applicants that have $400,000 or more HMGP planning funds available. FEMA will select eligible planning subapplications from applicants that have $400,000 or more HMGP planning funds available.
5. Project subapplications from applicants that have $4 million or more HMGP regular project funds available.
   FEMA will select eligible project subapplications from applicants that have $4 million or more HMGP regular project funds available in the following order:
   1. Mitigation projects that reduce risk to any natural hazard (e.g., seismic, wildfire, landslide, wind, flood, drought)
   2. Generators for critical facilities identified in a FEMA-approved mitigation plan and meet the standards set by local building codes

FEMA will further prioritize planning and project subapplications in priority categories 2 and 3 above, as needed, in the following order:

1. Subapplicant’s small impoverished community status (see Cost Share or Match subsection under section C of this NOFO);
2. Indication of public-private partnership (i.e., whether private sector funding is included in the required non-federal cost share);
3. Subapplicant’s FEMA-validated residential or commercial Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) rating, as appropriate to the activity type, from a grade of 1 to 10;
4. FEMA-validated Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) for projects (see Benefit Cost Analysis for Mitigation Projects subsection under section D of this NOFO); and
5. The applicant’s rank of subapplications (see Content and Form of Application Submission subsection under Section D of this NOFO).

For more information on BCEGS, please visit the Insurance Services Office - Mitigation website.

FEMA may select a subapplication out of priority order based upon one or more of the following factors:

• Availability of funding;
• Duplication of subapplications;
• Program priorities and policy factors; and,
• Other pertinent information.

To be eligible for the state/territory allocation or the tribal set aside, the applicant’s highest ranked planning or project subapplication must not have exceeded $575,000 Federal share.  There was no limit to the number of planning and project subapplications that applicants could have submitted for the state/territory allocation or tribal set aside up to $575,000 federal share, but the applicant must have ranked them higher than subapplications for competitive consideration. Applicants could not have included more than nine (9) project subapplications for competitive consideration over and above any project(s) submitted for the state/territory allocation or tribal set aside.

Any applicant agency that was willing to serve as the applicant for multi-state or multi-tribal mitigation activities must have included one multi-state/tribal project subapplication(s) in their grant application for a maximum of ten (10) competitive projects, notwithstanding any project(s) that were submitted towards their state/territory allocation or tribal set aside.  Applicants who included multi-state/tribal subapplication(s) in their grant application must have clearly identified how the effort was coordinated.

FEMA received 665 subapplications from 97 applicants (44 of which were federally-recognized Indian Tribal Governments) totaling $539.2 million: 194 planning, 294 projects, 85 Advance Assistance, 27 Resilient Infrastructure projects, and 65 applicant management costs. FEMA has completed its eligibility review to ensure compliance with HMA Guidance and has made selections based on the agency’s priorities and available funding.

FEMA has identified for further review 448 PDM subapplications from 90 applicants (39 of which are Indian Tribal Governments): 182 planning, 133 projects, 59 Advance Assistance, 12 Resilient Infrastructure projects, and 62 associated applicant management costs totaling $244.6 million. 

FEMA selected (identified for further review) all eligible subapplications in priorities 1 through 3ci. Eligible subapplications in priority 3 were ranked in order by project type; small, impoverished community status; BCEGS rating; and BCR for selection. FEMA is unable to fund (not selected) the remaining eligible subapplications in priority 3. 

The below table lists the submitted planning and project subapplications and the status of each alphabetically by applicant.

Learn about the definition of each status description:

• Identified for Further Review
• Not Selected
• Did Not Meet HMA Requirements