FY 2024 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending

Available Funding

Cost Share

Eligibility

Requirements

Deadlines

Project List

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On March 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, 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 2024 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending funding opportunities published on Grants.gov.

View the FY24 NOFO

View the FY24 "Congressionally Directed Spending" Fact Sheet

For FY 2024, the total amount of funds that are being made available to 110 congressionally directed projects will be $190,568,289.

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% federal cost share for their planning, project, and management costs subapplications.

Only states, territories, or federally recognized tribal governments identified by Congress in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 and enumerated in the accompanying Joint Explanatory Statement for Division C 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 funding opportunity 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.

Applicants may apply for management costs of up to 10% of the total federal share of each project subaward to manage that specific project. If the applicant would like to apply for management costs, it must be deducted from the subrecipient’s joint explanatory statement amount, up to 10% per subapplication.

The recipient must report on the management costs per 2 Code of Federal Regulations 200 and the 2023 Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Program and Policy Guide. Funding appropriated for one project may only be used for that project. Applicant requests for RMC must be submitted in a separate management costs subgrant application in FEMA’s grant application system. Management costs are 100%federally funded. 

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 also leveraging an alternative cost-effectiveness method that will modify the threshold for mitigation projects to be cost-effective under limited conditions. This has long been identified as a challenge by stakeholders to applying for funding. Subapplicants may submit a cost-effectiveness narrative, rather than a Benefit-Cost Analysis, for projects costing less than $1 million. Please reference the program support material found on the FEMA website.

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 recipient's federal award

For Fiscal Year 2024, the total amount of funds that are being made available to 110 congressionally directed projects is $190,568,289.

Communities and Tribal Nations with projects identified for funding must submit an application for their grants in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2024 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending Projects funding opportunities published on Grants.gov.

Recipient (State or Tribe)	Subrecipient	Project Title	Projected Federal Amount
Tribe	Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin	Powerline Conversion	$845,000
Alaska	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Seward Bear Creek Service Area Flood Mitigation Projects	$655,000
Alaska	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Flood Mitigation for Acquisition of High Hazard Areas	$2,500,000
Alabama	City of Demopolis	Demopolis Storm Shelter	$2,700,000
Alabama	City of Daphne	City of Daphne Main Street Utility Relocation Project	$5,000,000
Arkansas	City of North Little Rock	North Little Rock East Bethany Road Drainage Improvements	$3,300,000
Arkansas	City of North Little Rock	North Little Rock Magnolia and Olive Street Drainage Improvements	$4,700,000
Arkansas	City of Heber Springs	Heber Springs Stormwater Improvements	$4,700,000
Arizona	City of Maricopa	City of Maricopa Desert Sunrise High School Box Culvert Project	$1,383,069
California	City of Glendale Fire Department	Wildfire Fuel Reduction and Hazardous  Brush Abatement	$75,000
California	City of Capitola	Capitola Cliff Drive Infrastructure	$450,000
California	West Valley Water District	Emergency Generator Project	$525,000
California	County of San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Grande Creek Levees	$1,200,000
California	County of San Diego	Critical Infrastructure Wildfire Vulnerability  Assessment	$1,275,000
California	City of Agoura Hills	City of Agoura Hills Civic Center Microgrid Project	$1,383,068
California	City of Thousand Oaks	City of Thousand Oaks Water Pumps Microgrid Project	$1,383,068
California	City of Hidden Hills	City of Hidden Hills Utility Undergrounding Project	$1,383,069
California	Town of Atherton	Upper Atherton Channel Flood Mitigation Project	$1,383,069
California	City of Foster City	Foster City Lagoon Pump Station Seismic Rehabilitation and Capacity Enhancement	$1,383,069
California	County of San Joaquin	Countywide Back-up Generators and Pumps	$1,383,069
California	County of Napa	Napa’s Lake Hennessey & Deer Park Fuel Reduction and Community Infrastructure Protection	$1,383,069
California	East Bay Regional Park District	Wildfire Mitigation, and Safe, Resilient Forests and Communities	$1,383,069
Colorado	Ouray County	Corbett Creek Bridge Installation	$1,034,000
Colorado	City of Golden	Bachman Farms Park/Flood Attenuation Facility	$1,383,069
Connecticut	City of Hartford	City of Hartford for North Main Street Corridor Drainage System	$4,500,000
District of Columbia	District Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency	2nd Street Bioretention Flood Mitigation Project	$1,383,069
Florida	Town of Briny Breezes	Briny Breezes Stormwater Pump Stations	$1,383,069
Florida	City of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Storm Drainage Improvement	$1,383,069
Florida	Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency	Boynton Harbor Marina Seawall Replacement	$1,383,069
Hawaii	Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency	Backup Generator for Pali Momi Medical Center	$1,383,069
Iowa	City of Dubuque	Dubuque Flood Mitigation Gates and Pumps	$8,000,000
Idaho	Idaho Office of Emergency Management	Mackay Dam Rehabilitation	$7,082,856
Illinois	City of Crystal Lake	Re-Establishment of Crystal Creek	$1,383,069
Illinois	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Farmers- Prairie Creek Project	$1,383,069
Illinois	Town of Normal	Storm Water Improvements	$1,550,000
Indiana	City of Indianapolis	City of Indianapolis Mars Hill Flood Control Improvement District	$1,383,069
Kentucky	City of Ravenna	Ravenna Stormwater Improvements	$2,160,391
Louisiana	East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness	South Flannery Road Bridge & Channel Improvements	$3,520,950
Massachusetts	City of Everett	Island End River Flood Resilience Project	$123,413
Massachusetts	City of Quincy	Sea Wall along Manet Ave in Houghs Neck	$450,000
Massachusetts	City of Cambridge	Cambridge Community Center Resilience Hub	$1,000,000
Massachusetts	City of Chelsea	Mill Creek Resilience Project	$1,000,000
Massachusetts	City of Melrose	Lebanon  and  Sylvan  Street  Stormwater  Management System	$1,000,000
Massachusetts	City of Boston	Climate Resilience & Equity in Downtown Boston for a Resilient Christopher Columbus Park & Long Wharf	$1,150,000
Massachusetts	Chelmsford Water District	Watershed Lane Culvert Replacement Project	$1,275,000
Massachusetts	Weymouth	Climate  Resilient  Neighborhood  in  the  Coastal Fort Point Road Community	$1,383,069
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency	Scituate Harbor Seawall	$5,500,000
Maryland	City of Annapolis	Jonas  and  Anne  Catharine  Green  Park  Coastal Restoration Project	$450,000
Maryland	Maryland Department of Emergency Management	City  of  Rockville  Potomac  Woods  Storm  Drain Improvements	$900,000
Maryland	Frederick County	Frederick County Microgrid Project	$1,275,000
Maryland	Maryland Department of Emergency Management	Flooding Control in Anacostia River Watershed for Environmental Justice	$1,383,069
Maryland	City of Annapolis	Annapolis City Dock Resilience Project	$1,383,069
Maryland	Town of Cheverly	Town of Cheverly Flood Mitigation Project	$1,688,000
Maine	Town of Greenville	Greenville Stormwater Management Improvements	$975,000
Maine	Town of Dover-Foxcroft	Town of Dover-Foxcroft—Lincoln St Bridge Project	$1,455,000
Michigan	Charter Township of Chocolay	Chocolay River Flood Mitigation Feasibility Study	$112,000
Michigan	Charter Township of East China	East China Belle River Pump Station Flood Mitigation	$294,000
Michigan	Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority	Lake St Clair Metropark Electrical Grid	$1,420,000
Michigan	City of St. Clair Shores	Sewer Separation of the St. Clair Shores Martin Drain District	$1,755,303
Minnesota	City of New Ulm	New Ulm 18th South Street Storm Sewer Lift Station	$1,125,000
Mississippi	The City of Yazoo	Yazoo City Community Safehouse	$1,027,000
Mississippi	University of Mississippi Medical Center	UMMC Electrical Infrastructure Modernization	$2,215,000
Mississippi	City of Ridgeland	Purple Creek Flood Mitigation and Restoration	$4,000,000
Mississippi	Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)	Mississippi College/Hinds County Saferoom	$5,063,000
New Jersey	City of Passaic	McDonald Brook Channel and Benson Avenue Realignment Flood Control Project	$380,000
New Jersey	Borough of Bay Head	Bay Head Flood Mitigation Project	$815,250
New Jersey	Neptune Township	Shark River Living Shoreline—Phase II	$1,145,000
New Jersey	Stafford Township	Stafford Bulkhead	$1,340,000
New Mexico	New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs	Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sunmer Historic Site Fire Mitigation	$150,000
New Mexico	New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs	Fort Stanton Historic Site Fire Mitigation	$250,000
New Mexico	City of Aztec	City of Aztec—Flood Mitigation	$300,000
New Mexico	Los Alamos County	Jemez Mountain Fire Mitigation	$450,000
New Mexico	Town of Estancia	Town of Estancia Flood Mitigation Project	$1,040,000
Nevada	Clark County	Rural Fire Station Emergency Generators	$588,572
Nevada	City of Reno	City of Reno—Swan Lake Irrigation Pipeline	$2,869,000
New York	New York State Thruway Authority	New York State Thruway Authority Clarkstown Flood Mitigation	$375,000
New York	NYC Department of Homeless Services	Borden Avenue Veterans Shelter Flood Resilience Project	$1,383,069
New York	City of New York	Financial District-Seaport Flood Mitigation Project	$1,999,348
New York	Town of Clarkstown	Jeffrey Court Flood Prevention	$2,100,000
New York	Incorporated Village of Floral Park	West End Recharge Basin	$4,050,000
Oklahoma	City of Oklahoma City	Hefner Water Treatment Plant Emergency Power Generation Project	$10,000,000
Oregon	City of Warrenton	Iredale Tidegate and Culvert Project—City of Warrenton	$1,087,000
Oregon	David Douglas School District 40	Mill Park Elementary School Seismic Rehabilitation Project, Portland, OR	$1,383,069
Pennsylvania	Borough of Bridgeville	Bridgeville Commercial Street Culvert Replacement	$750,000
Pennsylvania	Redevelopment Authority of the City of Harrisburg	Paxton Creek Dechannelization Project	$750,000
Pennsylvania	Lackawanna County	Lackawanna County Dam No. 5 and Spillway Rehabilitation Project	$1,383,069
Pennsylvania	City of Philadelphia	Increasing Flood Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia	$1,383,069
Pennsylvania	City of Williamsport	Williamsport Levee Flood Control Project	$3,500,000
Rhode Island	Town of North Providence	Town Hall Generator	$33,000
Rhode Island	City of Pawtucket	The Arc of the Blackstone Valley Generator	$112,000
Rhode Island	Town of North Providence	Town of North Providence for Flood Mitigation	$639,000
Texas	City of Glenn Heights	City of Glenn Heights Emergency Warning System Replacement Project	$510,000
Texas	City of Dallas	Dallas Resilience Hub-Kiest Recreation Center	$1,383,069
Texas	City of Harlingen	5th and 7th Streets Storm Sewer Drainage Improvements	$1,383,069
Texas	City of San Antonio	Concepcion Creek—Phase 1	$1,383,069
Texas	Harris County Flood Control District	P118–08–00  Conveyance and Detention Improvements	$1,383,069
Texas	El Paso County	Replacing Aging Emergency Generator and Adding Solar Capacity	$1,383,069
Texas	City of Houston	Kingwood Diversion Channel—Walnut Lane Bridge Project	$4,000,000
Utah	City of Payson	Payson City Pre-Disaster Mitigation Project	$1,500,000
Utah	Millcreek City	Neffs Canyon Debris Basin Project	$2,400,000
Virginia	County of Franklin	Franklin County Emergency Shelter Generator	$705,000
Virginia	City of Hampton Office of Emergency Management	Resilient Hampton Property Acquisition in Flood Prone Areas	$1,383,069
Virginia	City of Hampton, VA	Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE)—Langley Access Protection Project	$2,000,000
Vermont	Town of Calais	Renovate Curtis Pond Dam	$525,000
Washington	Port of Longview	Portable Backup Generators	$272,000
Washington	The Seattle Public Library	Seattle  Public  Library  University  Branch  Seismic Structural Upgrade	$1,383,069
Washington	Yakima County Public Services	Yakima County Gap to Gap Protection Project	$4,000,000
West Virginia	City of Hinton	Bellepoint Park Stormwater Drain Replacement	$480,000
West Virginia	Town of Hendricks	Hendricks Stormwater Improvement Project	$1,296,000
West Virginia	Saint Albans	Rams Horn Stormwater System Improvements	$2,873,000

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.