Flood Mitigation Assistance FY2016 Subapplication Status

This page provides the status of the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) planning, project and technical assistance subapplications that were submitted to FEMA for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 application cycle.

FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs provide funding to protect life and property from future natural disasters. The FMA program assists States, Tribal, Territorial and local governments reduce or eliminate claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

For FY 2016, $200 million was appropriated for FMA.  In February 2016, FEMA posted the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on www.grants.gov to announce the availability of $199 million for FMA grants and the application period March 15 - June 15, 2016. FEMA will fund the flood portion of mitigation planning subapplications consistent with 44 CFR Part 201 up to $100,000 federal share per applicant with a maximum of $50,000 for state plans and $25,000 for local plans. In addition, applicants who were awarded FMA grant funds totaling at least $1 million in FY 2015 may receive technical assistance up to $50,000.

The remaining funds will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects.

FY2016 Subapplication Status Chart

The agency’s priorities for projects for the FY 2016 FMA program are:

1. Projects that will mitigate at least 50 percent of structures included that meet definition part (b)(ii) of a Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) property: At least 2 separate NFIP claim payments have been made with the cumulative amount of such claims exceeding the market value of the insured structure
2. Projects that will mitigate at least 50 percent of structures that meet the definition of a Repetitive Loss (RL) property:  Have incurred flood-related damage on 2 occasions, in which the cost of the repair, on the average, equaled or exceeded 25 percent of the market value of the structure at the time of each such flood event
3. Projects that will mitigate at least 50 percent of structures that meet definition part (b)(i) of a SRL property: 4 or more separate NFIP claims payments have been made with the amount of each claim exceeding $5,000, and with the cumulative amount of claims payments exceeding $20,000
4. Projects that will mitigate the largest number of NFIP-insured properties at the neighborhood level.

FEMA received 216 FMA subapplications submitted by 30 states and territories totaling over $380 million:  9 planning, 167 projects, 8 technical assistance and 28 applicant management cost subapplications.  FEMA has completed eligibility review to ensure compliance with HMA Guidance and has made selections based on the agency’s priorities and available funding.  FEMA selected 148 FMA subapplications from 23 applicants: 8 planning, 108 projects, 8 technical assistance subapplications and associated applicant management costs for $198 million.

FEMA selected all eligible subapplications in priorities 1 and 2.  Eligible subapplications in priority 3 were ranked in order by communities with the highest percentage of properties for selection.  FEMA is unable to fund the remaining eligible subapplications in priorities 3 and 4.

The table below lists the submitted planning, project and technical assistance subapplications and the status of each in alphabetical order by applicant.

Most of the Flood Mitigation Assistance funding goes towards elevation, acquisitions, and mitigation reconstruction of repetitively flood-damaged buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Learn about the definition of each status description:

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