FY 2023 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending

Available Funding

Cost Share

Eligibility

Requirements

Deadlines

Project List

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, authorizing funding for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant program.

Communities and Tribal Nations with projects identified for funding must submit an application for their grants in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2023 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending funding opportunities published on Grants.gov.

View the FY23 NOFO

View the FY23 "Congressionally Directed Spending" Fact Sheet

For FY 2023, the total amount of funds that are being made available to 100 congressionally directed projects will be $233,043,782. Applicants may request up to an additional 5% of project costs for management and administration of the program from a separate pool of funds.

A non-federal cost share is required for all subapplications funded through the Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant program. The non-federal cost share may consist of cash, donated or third-party in-kind services, materials, or any combination thereof. The cost share information is as follows:

• Generally, the cost share is 75% federal and 25% non-federal cost share.
• Small impoverished communities are eligible for up to 90% federal cost share and 10% non-federal cost share for their mitigation planning and project subapplications in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
  • Small impoverished communities are defined as having 3,000 or fewer individuals identified by the applicant that is economically disadvantaged, with residents having an average per capita annual income not exceeding 80% of the national per capita income.
  • Federally recognized Tribal governments meeting the definition of a small, impoverished community that apply to FEMA directly as Applicants are eligible for a 90 percent federal cost share for their planning, project, and management costs subapplications.

Only states, territories, or federally recognized tribal governments with identified by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act and enumerated in the accompanying Joint Explanatory Statement for Division F are identified in this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and are eligible to apply.

Each state, territory or federally recognized tribal nation with a project identified in the Pre-Disaster Mitigation funding opportunity shall designate one agency to serve as the applicant for funding. Each applicant’s designated agency may submit only one Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant application to FEMA.

Local governments, including cities, townships, counties, special district governments, and tribal governments (including federally recognized tribes who choose to apply as subapplicants) that are identified in the funding opportunity are considered subapplicants and must submit subapplications to their state applicant agency. Any tribal government identified in the NOFO that chooses to apply as a subapplicant must submit its application through the appropriate state applicant agency. For more information, contact the appropriate State Hazard Mitigation Officer.

Management costs are eligible for Pre-Disaster Mitigation funding in accordance with the FY 2023 Appropriations Act. A maximum of up to 5% of FY 2023 Pre-Disaster Mitigation funds awarded may be retained by the recipient from the Management and Administrative funds that have been made available, and any funds retained are to be used solely for management and administration purposes associated with the award. Subrecipients may separately use up to 5% of the project award funds for Management and Administrative purposes associated with the award. The use of management costs by subrecipients reduces the overall amount of funds available for the mitigation project.

When applying for Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding, all programmatic requirements must be met. FEMA has listed several requirements below as a quick reference, but it is encouraged to refer to the funding opportunity for a full list of all requirements.

The Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requires all federal agencies, including FEMA, to ensure that all federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects meets the Buy America preference that all iron and steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in that infrastructure are manufactured in the United States.

When necessary, recipients and subrecipients may apply for, and FEMA may grant, a waiver from these requirements. A waiver may be granted if FEMA determines that:

• Applying the domestic content procurement preference would be inconsistent with the public interest.
• The types of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality.
• The inclusion of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

For FEMA awards, FEMA’s Interim Policy on BABAA requirements and information on the process for requesting a waiver from the Buy America preference requirements can be found on FEMA’s website at  “Buy America” Preference in FEMA Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure.

All applicants and subapplicants must have a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan by the application deadline and at the time of the obligation of funds, unless the subapplicant is applying for a planning subgrant.

The mitigation projects submitted with the application must be consistent with the goals and objectives identified in the existing FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan. Interested applicants and subapplicants should contact their State Hazard Mitigation Officer for guidance if they do not have a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan.

FEMA may grant an exception to the local hazard mitigation plan requirement in extraordinary circumstances, when adequate justification is provided. This exception must be requested with the subapplication. If this exception is granted, a local hazard mitigation plan must be approved by FEMA within 12 months of the award of the project subgrant to that community.

All applicants and subapplicants applying for mitigation projects must demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the mitigation project through a Benefit-Cost Analysis or other documentation. The Benefit-Cost Analysis is the method of estimating the future benefits of a project compared to its cost. FEMA has created a Benefit-Cost Analysis Toolkit that must be used to determine project cost-effectiveness. Please use the Benefit-Cost Analysis Toolkit found on the FEMA website.

FEMA is introducing an alternative cost-effectiveness methodology that will modify the threshold for mitigation projects to be considered cost-effective under limited conditions. A mitigation project may be considered cost-effective if, when using the 7% discount rate, the BCR is at least 0.75 or greater, and if at the 3% discount rate the BCR is at least 1.0 or greater, and the mitigation activity benefits disadvantaged communities, addresses climate change impacts, has hard to quantify benefits, and/or is subject to higher costs due to the use of low carbon building materials or compliance with the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.

Mitigation projects must be both feasible and effective at mitigating the risks of the hazard(s) for which the project was designed. A project’s feasibility is demonstrated through conformance with accepted engineering practices, established codes, standards, modeling techniques, or best practices. Effective mitigation measures must provide a long-term or permanent solution to a risk from a natural hazard.

All mitigation projects must comply with all applicable Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related Department of Homeland Security and FEMA instructions and directives. FEMA encourages the use of other supporting guidance that can be used to ensure all environmental requirements, including the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Job Aids.

To apply for funding made available to these Congressionally Directed Spending projects through the Pre-Disaster Mitigation program, applicants must adhere to the following application submission and funding deadlines:

Eligible applicants must apply for funding using the Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants Portal: https://portal.fema.gov.

Applicants experiencing technical problems outside of their control must notify FEMA prior to the application deadline and within 48 hours after the applicant becomes aware of the issue.

FEMA will not review applications that are received after the deadline or consider these late applications for funding.

The application review process begins following the application submission deadline. FEMA will review subapplications submitted by each applicant to ensure all eligibility requirements have been met and there is compliance with the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance.

Period of Performance (POP):

• Start Date: Date of the recipient’s federal award
• End Date: 36 months from the start date of the receipt’s federal award

For Fiscal Year 2023, the total amount of funds that are being made available to 100 congressionally directed projects is $233,043,782.

Communities and Tribal Nations with projects identified for funding must submit an application for their grants in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2023 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending Projects funding opportunities published on Grants.gov.

Recipient (State or Tribe)	Subrecipient	Project Title	Projected Federal Amount
Alabama	Alabama Emergency Management Agency	Hale County Storm Shelters	$511,601
Alaska	City of Dillingham	Snag Point Erosion Mitigation	$5,016,000
Arizona	City of Flagstaff	Museum Post-Fire Flood Mitigation, Property Acquisitions	$1,482,900
California	City of Belmont	Cities of Belmont and San Bruno Wildfire Prevention Project	$494,300
California	East Bay Regional Park District	East Bay Regional Park District Wildfire Mitigation, and Safe, Resilient Forests and Communities	$1,500,000
California	City of Norwalk	Emergency Generators for Community Resiliency	$976,962
California	San Mateo County	Filoli Wildfire Mitigation Project	$494,300
California	City of Foster City	Levee Protection Planning and Improvements Project (CIP 301-657)	$988,600
California	City of Thousand Oaks	Microgrid installation for the Municipal Service Center	$1,853,625
California	Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District	Midpeninsula Open Space Wildland Fire Resiliency Project	$741,450
California	City of Sacramento	Pannell Community Center Resilience Hub	$1,977,200
California	City of Rancho Palos Verdes	Rancho Palos Verdes Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation	$2,000,000
California	County of Santa Barbara	San Marcos Road Stabilization Project	$1,384,040
California	Diablo Water District	Water Reservoir Seismic Retrofit	$1,482,900
Colorado	Town of Estes Park	Town of Estes Park Wildfire Mitigation	$785,937
Connecticut	City of Bridgeport	Community Flooding Scoping in Bridgeport	$742,000
Connecticut	Town of Stratford	Flood Protection Measures for Stratford Water Pollution Control Facility	$4,135,622
Connecticut	City of Hartford	Hartford Closure Structure #1 Rehabilitation	$1,025,000
Florida	City of Tampa	Bermuda Boulevard Seawall Improvements	$2,965,800
Florida	City of Bonita Springs	City of Bonita Springs water acquisition	$5,000,000
Hawaii	City and County of Honolulu	Hardening of Fire Station Doors	$2,001,915
Illinois	City of Chicago	Chicago Shoreline Morgan Shoal Project	$200,000
Illinois	Village of Flossmoor	Flossmoor Road Viaduct Drainage Improvements	$200,000
Illinois	City of East St. Louis	Metro East Horseshoe Lake Flooding and Restoration Project	$500,000
Illinois	Village of Hampshire	Park and Rinn Flood Mitigation Project	$518,000
Illinois	City of Prospect Heights	River Trails Stormwater Project	$2,417,127
Illinois	City of Palos Hills	Roberts Road Drainage Improvements	$3,558,960
Illinois	City of Rock Island	Rock Island Mississippi River Levee Pump Stations	$500,000
Iowa	The City of Cedar Rapids	5th Avenue Gatewell and Pump Station Flood Mitigation Project	$1,725,000
Iowa	City of Davenport	Flood Mitigation at River Drive and Marquette Street in Davenport, Iowa	$1,265,625
Kansas	Kansas City Board of Public Utilities	Nearman Water Treatment Plant Emergency Electric Backup Generator	$3,707,250
Kentucky	City of Burgin	Burgin Pre-Disaster Mitigation Project	$562,500
Kentucky	City of Lebanon Junction	Lebanon Junction Pre-Disaster Mitigation Project	$675,000
Louisiana	City of West Monroe	West Monroe Stormwater Mitigation Project	$2,400,000
Maine	City of Westbrook	City of Westbrook—Presumpscot River Corridor: Landslide Vulnerability Assessment (Windham to Portland)	$996,000
Maine	Town of Wiscasset	Town of Wiscasset—Old Ferry Road Stream Crossing Improvement	$1,312,000
Maryland	City of Annapolis	City Dock Resilience and Revitalization Project	$3,460,100
Maryland	Baltimore County Executive's Office	Pre-Disaster Mitigation in Turner Station	$1,482,900
Massachusetts	Town of Hopedale	Feasibility Study to Dredge Hopedale Pond and Daylight the Mill River for Community Resilience and Water Quality Improvements	$444,870
Massachusetts	City of Woburn	Hurld Park Construction	$2,916,370
Massachusetts	City of Malden	Malden River Works Project	$1,334,610
Massachusetts	Town of Hull	Nantasket Ave Seawall Replacement	$4,943,000
Massachusetts	City of Revere	Riverside Climate Resiliency Project	$1,977,200
Massachusetts	Town of North Attleborough, Massachusetts	Ten-Mile River Dredging	$1,482,900
Massachusetts	Town of Weymouth	Wessagusset Beach project	$4,906,059
Michigan	City of New Baltimore	Base Street Bridge Rehabilitation	$750,000
Michigan	Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council	Emmet County Flood Mitigation and Drainage Improvement Project	$556,000
Michigan	Macomb County	Macomb County-North Branch of the Clinton River Floodplain Acquisition	$1,000,000
Michigan	Wayne County	Rehabilitation and Upgrade of Pump Station 182	$741,450
Minnesota	City of Newport	City of Newport—Mississippi Flood/ Storm Mitigation	$350,000
Minnesota	Oslo Region Joint Powers Board	Oslo Region Joint Powers Board— Oslo Region Flood Mitigation FEMA	$2,350,000
Nevada	Washoe County	Washoe County — Lemmon Valley Heppner 5 Subdivision Stormwater Improvements	$2,700,000
New Hampshire	City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works	Peirce Island Road Resiliency Project	$724,000
New Jersey	Borough of Atlantic Highlands	Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor Bulkhead Repairs	$2,113,133
New Jersey	Township of Hillsborough	Green Hills Development Swale Improvements	$320,482
New Jersey	County of Bergen	Jackson Avenue/Riverside Avenue Drainage Improvements	$250,000
New Jersey	Montgomery Township	Land Acquisition for Open Space	$1,212,000
New Jersey	City of North Wildwood	North Wildwood Sea Wall	$10,000,000
New Jersey	County of Middlesex	Southern Middlesex County Flood Mitigation and Resilience Project	$1,112,175
New Mexico	Doña Ana County Flood Commission	Disaster Mitigation for La Union	$2,000,000
New Mexico	NM Department of Cultural Affairs	Los Luceros Fire Mitigation	$500,000
New York	City of Ithaca	City of Ithaca Flood Mitigation	$1,300,000
New York	Town of Orangetown	Critical Electrical Infrastructure Needs	$1,975,000
New York	Village of Port Jefferson	East Beach Stabilization	$3,750,000
North Carolina	City of Wilson	Hominy Water Quality Park and Greenway	$7,043,775
Pennsylvania	Columbia County	Flood Control Projects for Columbia County	$1,725,000
Pennsylvania	Borough of Mayfield	Mayfield Borough Levee Upgrade	$2,327,734
Pennsylvania	City of Williamsport	The Greater Williamsport Flood Control Project	$8,000,000
Pennsylvania	Borough of West Pittston	West Pittston Levee Project	$1,500,000
South Carolina	Town of Mount Pleasant	Mount Pleasant Stormwater Drainage Improvement Project	$5,677,000
Texas	City of Southside Place	Auden Street Drainage Improvement	$741,450
Texas	Harris County Flood Control District	Channel Conveyance Improvements to C147-00-00	$9,886,000
Texas	City of Galveston	Galveston 59th Street Water Storage Tank	$10,000,000
Texas	City of Galveston	Galveston Causeway Waterline Project	$10,000,000
Texas	Hudspeth County	Hudspeth County Flood Mitigation Planning Project	$375,000
Texas	City of Houston	Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project	$7,500,000
Texas	Harris County Flood Control District	Poor Farm Ditch Conveyance Improvements	$9,886,000
Tribe	Native Village of Ouzinkie	Emergency Response Shelter and Equipment Staging Complex	$2,000,000
Tribe	Hoh Indian Tribe	Tsunami Evacuation Center	$1,875,000
Virginia	City of Hopewell	Hopewell City Hall Generator Replacement	$188,000
Virginia	Prince William County	Lake Jackson Dam Rehabilitation	$1,875,000
Virginia	Vermont State Colleges	Glen Brook Dam Removal at Castleton University	$188,000
Vermont	Town of Stowe Electric Department	Restoration of Moscow Mills at Smith’s Falls	$1,200,000
Washington	City of Aberdeen	Aberdeen-Hoquiam Flood Protection Project	$4,943,000
Washington	City of Seattle, Seattle Center Department	Seattle Center Shelter Facilities Sustainable Emergency Power	$3,558,960
Wisconsin	Douglas County	Douglas County Nemadji River Bridge Mitigation	$825,000
Wisconsin	Ashland County	Madeline Island County H / Lake Superior Mitigation (CDS)	$900,000
West Virginia	Charles Town	Charles Town Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Pollution Flooding Project	$375,000
West Virginia	Charleston	Chesterfield Avenue Stormwater Management Project	$469,000
West Virginia	Montgomery	City of Montgomery Sanitary Department Essential Needs	$868,000
West Virginia	New Cumberland	City of New Cumberland Storm Sewer Project	$150,000
West Virginia	City of Ripley	City of Ripley for Viking Lane Storm Drain Project Phase II	$750,000
West Virginia	Grant Town	Grant Town Stormwater System Improvements	$1,875,000
West Virginia	Beckley Sanitary Board	Hartley Avenue, Beckley Little League, & Pinecrest Stormwater and Sanitary Sewer Improvements	$4,173,000
West Virginia	Huntington Sanitary Board	Huntington Backflow Prevention Valves Project	$6,358,000
West Virginia	Beckley Sanitary Board	Robert C. Byrd Drive Stormwater and Sanitary Sewer Improvements	$4,612,000
West Virginia	Town of Lost Creek	Town of Lost Creek Drainage	$446,000
West Virginia	Town of Sutton	Town of Sutton Storm Sewer	$562,000
West Virginia	West Virginia Conservation Agency	West Virginia Watershed Flood Hazard Mitigation Project	$4,500,000
West Virginia	City of Wheeling	Wheeling Nuttal Avenue Stormwater Enhancements	$941,000

In addition to the funding opportunity published on Grants.gov, FEMA encourages the following additional resources be used for assistance in applying for funding:

• Pre-Disaster Mitigation webpage
• Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance
• Hazard Mitigation Assistance Job Aids

If you require further assistance after navigating the resources above, please contact FEMA by email at FEMA-Ask-PDM@fema.dhs.gov.