Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Grant Program is sponsored by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), administered by Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). Federal funding to help states and communities reduce or eliminate long-term risk of flood damage to repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss structures insured under National Flood Insurance Program. Supports flood mitigation projects benefiting counties and communities.

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The application cycle opened on January 6, 2025, with applications due to the TWDB on March 4, 2025. For this cycle there is $600 million available nationwide. On February 13, 2025, FEMA removed the FY 2024 FMA NOFO documentation from grants.

gov for review, revision, and reposting. TWDB will post updates as they become available. More information and supporting documentation will be post shortly on the TWDB FMA webpage .

TWDB encourages all communities interested in applying to email TWDB staff .

The Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) , provides federal funding to help states and communities pay for cost effective ways to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) .

The Texas Water Development Board administers the FMA grant program for the State of Texas on behalf of FEMA. Goals of the FMA program include reducing or eliminating: repeated claims under the NFIP, and the dependence on taxpayer-funded federal disaster assistance for disaster recovery. The FMA program is a nationally competitive grant program with an annual application cycle.

FEMA will announce the opening of the application cycle with issuance of the "Notice of Funding Opportunity" on grants. gov. Eligible cities, counties, special districts (political subdivisions) will develop an application (referred to as a subapplication ) on behalf of citizens (property owners) and submit it to the TWDB through FEMA's FEMA GO grant system . Property owners cannot apply directly to the TWDB or FEMA for an FMA grant.

Interested property owners may contact the local floodplain official for their area , or other local officials to find out about their community's interest in applying for an FMA grant. Information obtained by submitting the required "Request for NFIP Policy Holder PII" form will help you to determine if your project will qualify for FMA funding. Data is usually provided within 15 days.

After obtaining your current NFIP data and determining approximately how much of your project's benefitting area includes NFIP-insured properties (and particularly repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss properties), please schedule a meeting with our team to discuss a strategy.

FY2023 Texas FMA Subapplication Guidance While TWDB encourages all applicants to review the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the FMA Grant Program prior to applying. TWDB would like to provide the following guidance documents and resources for Texas subapplicants. This guidance is specific for the 2023 NOFO and will be updated once the 2024 NOFO is released.

Available Funding for the 2023 NOFO: $800,000,000.

00: Capability and Capacity Building Activities subtotal: $60,000,000 $900,000 per Project Scoping subapplications $100,000 per applicant for flood hazard mitigation planning with maximums of $50,000 for state flood hazard mitigation planning and $25,000 for local flood hazard mitigation planning $300,000 for additional Capability and Capacity Building activities Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects subtotal: $520,000,000 $50,000,000 cap per localized flood risk reduction subapplication Individual Flood Mitigation Projects subtotal: $220,000,000 Application Type Submission Directions: Mitigation Plans must be submitted in a "plan" subapplication type.

Technical Assistance by States to Communities must be submitted in a "technical assistance" subapplication type. Project Scoping must be submitted in a "project scoping" subapplication type. Additional Capability and Capacity Building Activities must be submitted in a "project scoping" subapplication type.

Localized Flood Risk Reduction Project and Individual Flood Mitigation Project must be submitted in a "project" subapplication type.

Subapplication Submission Guidance by Project Type Guidance for submitting a Capability and Capacity Building Subapplication Guidance for submitting a Flood Risk Reduction Subapplication Guidance for submitting a Demolition Project Subapplication Guidance for submitting a Elevation Project Subapplication NEW! TWDB Requires all Subapplicants to identify if their subapplication project is part of their Regional Flood Plan.

To streamline possible use of Flood Infrastructure Funds TWDB encourages all subappliants to ensure their proposed project is included in their regional flood plan. NEW! Streamlined cost-effectiveness determination method: For projects with a total cost of less than $1,000,000 the subapplicant may provide a narrative that includes qualitative and quantitative data demonstrating the benefits and cost-effectiveness of the project.

Total project costs include all project costs, not just the federal share. Instructions for completing a cost-effectiveness narrative may be found on FEMAs BCA website. FEMA will validate the cost effectiveness and estimate a benefit cost ratio (BCR) of the proposed project during its review.

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Prioritization Levels for Individual Flood Mitigation Projects First Prioritization Criteria Individual Flood Mitigation Projects that will mitigate flood damage to at least 75 percent of structures included in the subapplication that meet ANY of the following FMA and/or NFIP SRL and RL definitions in order by program priority: Meet the FMA definition of an SRLii property Meet the FMA definition of an SRLi property Meet the FMA definition of a RL property Meet NFIP definition of an SRL property Meet the NFIP definition of an RL property Second Level Prioritization Criteria: In the event requested funding exceeds $220 million funding for this priority, FEMA will prioritize subapplications based on: Count of properties meeting FMA and/or NFIP defined SRL and RL definitions in order by program priority (1-5) above, and Total dollars of all NFIP policy claims on record for all NFIP properties proposed for mitigation in the subapplication.

Third Level Prioritization Criteria If available funding requires prioritization within one of the above priorities, FEMA will apply the Final Priority Scoring Criteria for Individual Mitigation Project, use the below Prioritization Criteria Scoring Sheet to rank subapplication.

The subapplication includes structures that were determined Substantial Damage by the community within five (5) years of the Application Submission Deadline and a verification letter is included in the subapplication Justice40 Community or Community Disaster Resilience Zones A Justice40 community, also referred to as a disadvantaged community, is identified using version 1. 0 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST).

Justice40 communities are considered disadvantaged if they are in census tracts that meet the thresholds for at least one of the tool's categories of burden, or if they are on lands within the boundaries of federally recognized Tribes. In addition, census tracts that are completely surrounded by disadvantaged communities are also considered disadvantaged if they meet an adjusted low-income threshold (at or above the 50th percentile).

Justice40 communities have been marginalized by society, overburdened by pollution, and/or underserved by infrastructure and other basic services. Further, all federally recognized Tribes or Tribal entities are Justice40 communities (whether or not they have land). A Community Disaster Resilience Zone is defined in 42 U.S.C.

� 5136(a)(1) and all Community Disaster Resilience Zone are located in Justice40 communities. Please refer to FEMA identified Community Disaster Resilience Zones for the complete listing. Subapplications that primarily benefits a Community Disaster Resilience Zone, will receive 50 points.

Subapplications that primarily benefits a Justice40 community, will receive 35 points. Full and partial points are assigned to this category. If greater than 35% of properties in the subapplication are SRL or RL, then 30 points will be assigned.

Or If 25-35% of properties in the subapplication are SRL or RL, then 15 points will be assigned. FEMA FMA Capability and Capacity Building (C&CB) Activities Subapplications will receive 20 points if the project was generated from a previous FMA award. No partial points are assigned to this category.

Who is eligible to receive FMA funding? What activities are eligible under the FMA Grant Program? What are the requirements under the FMA Grant Program?

What are the cost shares? How does the application and selection process work? How do I get access to FEMA GO?

Where can I get more information? Is there FEMA direct technical support?

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Assistance FEMA's HMA Grants Webpage 2015 HMA Guidance Addendum NFIP community status verification TWDB Repetitive Loss Viewer Create a Hazard Mitigation Plan Contracting and Procurement Procurement with FEMA - FEMA Procurement web and resources page Informal Methods of Procurement - Provides key information for non-state entities using informal methods of procurement, which are less than $250,000.

It also provides a checklist specific to these methods. Socioeconomic Contracting - Illustrates guidance for state and non-state entities to follow when taking the six affirmative steps for socioeconomic contracting as detailed at 2 C. F.

R. � 200. 321 .

Common Mistakes - Introduces the 10 most frequent procurement noncompliance issues as reported by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and lists available resources to help avoid these mistakes. HMA Procurement Standards - Procurement standards for non-federal entities that obtain property and services under a HMA Federal award.

Using Contract Support for the Development of Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Grant Applications FAQ Contract Administration with TWDB TWDB Subcontracting Guidelines TRAINING: Introduction to Benefit-Cost Analysis (E/L0276) - The classroom course materials consist of the student manual, instructor guide and visuals. RESOURCES : Download pre-calculated benefits, BCA guidance, ecosystem services and other support documents.

NEWS AND NOTES - Review BCA-related updates, see the schedule for upcoming releases, and access BCA Toolkit release notes. BCA Toolkit Help - Email questions to bchelpline@fema. dhs.

gov Get Support Performing or Reviewing a BCA - For assistance with performing or reviewing a BCA, or for obtaining answers to eligibility or policy questions, please contact your State Hazard Mitigation Officer . This resource library contains documents to assist with subapplication submission, grant implementation and grant closeout.

It is a culmination of FEMA guidance documents, TWDB guidance documents and examples to better assist Texas communities with the FMA grant process.

FEMA hosts Hazard Mitigation Assistance webinars to bring subject matter experts and partners together to provide technical information, best practices, tools, and resources regarding the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, Flood Mitigation Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs.

Building a Successful Planning Application : This webinar will answer what makes a good planning application and provide guidance as to where information and resources can be found related to planning grants. Building a Successful Flood Risk Reduction Application : This webinar will answer what makes a good flood risk reduction application and use FEMA's example application template to describe the subapplication requirements.

Building a Successful Acquisition Application : This webinar will answer what makes a good acquisition application and use FEMA's example application template to describe the subapplication requirements.

Environmental Historic Preservation Review 101 : This webinar will provide details on how communities should factor in environmental historic preservation, regulations, executive orders, and laws when planning projects FEMA GO Guides - YouTube: This YouTube page is dedicated to assisting applicants and subapplicants with navigating FEMA GO for the FMA or BRIC application cycle.

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