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.

About the Program

The Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant program makes federal funds available to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to plan for and implement sustainable cost-effective measures. These mitigation efforts are designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on federal funding from future disasters. This funding is offered in addition to funds provided through other FEMA grant programs for projects that will support growing mitigation needs nationwide.

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.

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Available Funding

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

Cost Share

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.

Eligibility Requirements

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.

Build America, Buy America Act Requirement

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.

Hazard Mitigation Plan Requirement

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.

Cost Effectiveness

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.

Technical Feasibility and Effectiveness Requirements

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.

Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Requirement

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.

Application Submission and Funding Deadlines

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:

Application Opening: May 24, 2024

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

Application Submission Deadline: June 28, 2024, 5 p.m. ET

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.

Application Funding Deadline: Aug. 30, 2024

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

Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending Projects

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.

FY 2024 PDM Grant Program Project List

Recipient (State or Tribe)SubrecipientProject TitleProjected Federal Amount
TribeMenominee Indian Tribe of WisconsinPowerline Conversion$845,000
AlaskaKenai Peninsula BoroughSeward Bear Creek Service Area Flood Mitigation Projects$655,000
AlaskaMatanuska-Susitna BoroughFlood Mitigation for Acquisition of High Hazard Areas$2,500,000
AlabamaCity of DemopolisDemopolis Storm Shelter$2,700,000
AlabamaCity of DaphneCity of Daphne Main Street Utility Relocation Project $5,000,000
ArkansasCity of North Little Rock North Little Rock East Bethany Road Drainage Improvements$3,300,000
ArkansasCity of North Little Rock North Little Rock Magnolia and Olive Street Drainage Improvements$4,700,000
ArkansasCity of Heber SpringsHeber Springs Stormwater Improvements$4,700,000
ArizonaCity of MaricopaCity of Maricopa Desert Sunrise High School Box Culvert Project$1,383,069
CaliforniaCity of Glendale Fire DepartmentWildfire Fuel Reduction and Hazardous  Brush Abatement$75,000
CaliforniaCity of CapitolaCapitola Cliff Drive Infrastructure$450,000
CaliforniaWest Valley Water DistrictEmergency Generator Project$525,000
CaliforniaCounty of San Luis ObispoArroyo Grande Creek Levees$1,200,000
CaliforniaCounty of San DiegoCritical Infrastructure Wildfire Vulnerability  Assessment$1,275,000
CaliforniaCity of Agoura HillsCity of Agoura Hills Civic Center Microgrid Project$1,383,068
CaliforniaCity of Thousand OaksCity of Thousand Oaks Water Pumps Microgrid Project$1,383,068
CaliforniaCity of Hidden HillsCity of Hidden Hills Utility Undergrounding Project$1,383,069
CaliforniaTown of AthertonUpper Atherton Channel Flood Mitigation Project$1,383,069
CaliforniaCity of Foster CityFoster City Lagoon Pump Station Seismic Rehabilitation and Capacity Enhancement$1,383,069
CaliforniaCounty of San JoaquinCountywide Back-up Generators and Pumps$1,383,069
CaliforniaCounty of NapaNapa’s Lake Hennessey & Deer Park Fuel Reduction and Community Infrastructure Protection$1,383,069
CaliforniaEast Bay Regional Park DistrictWildfire Mitigation, and Safe, Resilient Forests and Communities$1,383,069
ColoradoOuray CountyCorbett Creek Bridge Installation$1,034,000
ColoradoCity of GoldenBachman Farms Park/Flood Attenuation Facility$1,383,069
ConnecticutCity of HartfordCity of Hartford for North Main Street Corridor Drainage System$4,500,000
District of ColumbiaDistrict Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency2nd Street Bioretention Flood Mitigation Project$1,383,069
FloridaTown of Briny BreezesBriny Breezes Stormwater Pump Stations$1,383,069
FloridaCity of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg Storm Drainage Improvement$1,383,069
FloridaBoynton Beach Community Redevelopment AgencyBoynton Harbor Marina Seawall Replacement$1,383,069
HawaiiHawai‘i Emergency Management AgencyBackup Generator for Pali Momi Medical Center$1,383,069
IowaCity of DubuqueDubuque Flood Mitigation Gates and Pumps$8,000,000
IdahoIdaho Office of Emergency ManagementMackay Dam Rehabilitation$7,082,856
IllinoisCity of Crystal LakeRe-Establishment of Crystal Creek$1,383,069
IllinoisMetropolitan Water Reclamation DistrictMetropolitan Water Reclamation District Farmers- Prairie Creek Project$1,383,069
IllinoisTown of NormalStorm Water Improvements$1,550,000
IndianaCity of IndianapolisCity of Indianapolis Mars Hill Flood Control Improvement District$1,383,069
KentuckyCity of RavennaRavenna Stormwater Improvements$2,160,391
LouisianaEast Baton Rouge Parish Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency PreparednessSouth Flannery Road Bridge & Channel Improvements$3,520,950
MassachusettsCity of EverettIsland End River Flood Resilience Project$123,413
MassachusettsCity of QuincySea Wall along Manet Ave in Houghs Neck$450,000
MassachusettsCity of CambridgeCambridge Community Center Resilience Hub$1,000,000
MassachusettsCity of ChelseaMill Creek Resilience Project$1,000,000
MassachusettsCity of MelroseLebanon  and  Sylvan  Street  Stormwater  Management System$1,000,000
MassachusettsCity of BostonClimate Resilience & Equity in Downtown Boston for a Resilient Christopher Columbus Park & Long Wharf$1,150,000
MassachusettsChelmsford Water DistrictWatershed Lane Culvert Replacement Project$1,275,000
MassachusettsWeymouthClimate  Resilient  Neighborhood  in  the  Coastal Fort Point Road Community$1,383,069
MassachusettsMassachusetts Emergency Management AgencyScituate Harbor Seawall$5,500,000
MarylandCity of AnnapolisJonas  and  Anne  Catharine  Green  Park  Coastal Restoration Project$450,000
MarylandMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementCity  of  Rockville  Potomac  Woods  Storm  Drain Improvements$900,000
MarylandFrederick CountyFrederick County Microgrid Project $1,275,000
MarylandMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementFlooding Control in Anacostia River Watershed for Environmental Justice$1,383,069
MarylandCity of AnnapolisAnnapolis City Dock Resilience Project$1,383,069
MarylandTown of CheverlyTown of Cheverly Flood Mitigation Project$1,688,000
MaineTown of GreenvilleGreenville Stormwater Management Improvements$975,000
MaineTown of Dover-FoxcroftTown of Dover-Foxcroft—Lincoln St Bridge Project$1,455,000
MichiganCharter Township of ChocolayChocolay River Flood Mitigation Feasibility Study $112,000
MichiganCharter Township of East ChinaEast China Belle River Pump Station Flood Mitigation$294,000
MichiganHuron-Clinton Metropolitan AuthorityLake St Clair Metropark Electrical Grid$1,420,000
MichiganCity of St. Clair ShoresSewer Separation of the St. Clair Shores Martin Drain District$1,755,303
MinnesotaCity of New UlmNew Ulm 18th South Street Storm Sewer Lift Station $1,125,000
MississippiThe City of YazooYazoo City Community Safehouse$1,027,000
MississippiUniversity of Mississippi Medical CenterUMMC Electrical Infrastructure Modernization$2,215,000
MississippiCity of RidgelandPurple Creek Flood Mitigation and Restoration$4,000,000
MississippiMississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)Mississippi College/Hinds County Saferoom$5,063,000
New JerseyCity of PassaicMcDonald Brook Channel and Benson Avenue Realignment Flood Control Project$380,000
New JerseyBorough of Bay HeadBay Head Flood Mitigation Project$815,250
New JerseyNeptune TownshipShark River Living Shoreline—Phase II$1,145,000
New JerseyStafford TownshipStafford Bulkhead$1,340,000
New MexicoNew Mexico Department of Cultural AffairsBosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sunmer Historic Site Fire Mitigation$150,000
New MexicoNew Mexico Department of Cultural AffairsFort Stanton Historic Site Fire Mitigation$250,000
New MexicoCity of Aztec City of Aztec—Flood Mitigation$300,000
New MexicoLos Alamos CountyJemez Mountain Fire Mitigation$450,000
New MexicoTown of EstanciaTown of Estancia Flood Mitigation Project$1,040,000
NevadaClark CountyRural Fire Station Emergency Generators$588,572
NevadaCity of RenoCity of Reno—Swan Lake Irrigation Pipeline$2,869,000
New YorkNew York State Thruway AuthorityNew York State Thruway Authority Clarkstown Flood Mitigation$375,000
New YorkNYC Department of Homeless ServicesBorden Avenue Veterans Shelter Flood Resilience Project$1,383,069
New YorkCity of New YorkFinancial District-Seaport Flood Mitigation Project$1,999,348
New YorkTown of ClarkstownJeffrey Court Flood Prevention$2,100,000
New YorkIncorporated Village of Floral ParkWest End Recharge Basin$4,050,000
OklahomaCity of Oklahoma CityHefner Water Treatment Plant Emergency Power Generation Project$10,000,000
OregonCity of WarrentonIredale Tidegate and Culvert Project—City of Warrenton$1,087,000
OregonDavid Douglas School District 40Mill Park Elementary School Seismic Rehabilitation Project, Portland, OR$1,383,069
PennsylvaniaBorough of BridgevilleBridgeville Commercial Street Culvert Replacement $750,000
PennsylvaniaRedevelopment Authority of the City of HarrisburgPaxton Creek Dechannelization Project$750,000
PennsylvaniaLackawanna CountyLackawanna County Dam No. 5 and Spillway Rehabilitation Project$1,383,069
PennsylvaniaCity of PhiladelphiaIncreasing Flood Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia$1,383,069
PennsylvaniaCity of WilliamsportWilliamsport Levee Flood Control Project$3,500,000
Rhode IslandTown of North ProvidenceTown Hall Generator$33,000
Rhode IslandCity of PawtucketThe Arc of the Blackstone Valley Generator$112,000
Rhode IslandTown of North ProvidenceTown of North Providence for Flood Mitigation$639,000
TexasCity of Glenn HeightsCity of Glenn Heights Emergency Warning System Replacement Project$510,000
TexasCity of DallasDallas Resilience Hub-Kiest Recreation Center$1,383,069
TexasCity of Harlingen5th and 7th Streets Storm Sewer Drainage Improvements$1,383,069
TexasCity of San AntonioConcepcion Creek—Phase 1$1,383,069
TexasHarris County Flood Control DistrictP118–08–00  Conveyance and Detention Improvements$1,383,069
TexasEl Paso CountyReplacing Aging Emergency Generator and Adding Solar Capacity$1,383,069
TexasCity of HoustonKingwood Diversion Channel—Walnut Lane Bridge Project$4,000,000
UtahCity of PaysonPayson City Pre-Disaster Mitigation Project$1,500,000
UtahMillcreek CityNeffs Canyon Debris Basin Project$2,400,000
VirginiaCounty of FranklinFranklin County Emergency Shelter Generator$705,000
VirginiaCity of Hampton Office of Emergency ManagementResilient Hampton Property Acquisition in Flood Prone Areas$1,383,069
VirginiaCity of Hampton, VAJoint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE)—Langley Access Protection Project$2,000,000
VermontTown of CalaisRenovate Curtis Pond Dam$525,000
WashingtonPort of LongviewPortable Backup Generators$272,000
WashingtonThe Seattle Public LibrarySeattle  Public  Library  University  Branch  Seismic Structural Upgrade$1,383,069
WashingtonYakima County Public ServicesYakima County Gap to Gap Protection Project$4,000,000
West VirginiaCity of HintonBellepoint Park Stormwater Drain Replacement$480,000
West VirginiaTown of HendricksHendricks Stormwater Improvement Project$1,296,000
West VirginiaSaint Albans Rams Horn Stormwater System Improvements$2,873,000

Additional Resources

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

General Questions

For general questions about Pre-Disaster Mitigation Congressionally Directed Spending, please contact the appropriate State Hazard Mitigation Officer or FEMA regional office.

The Hazard Mitigation Assistance helpline is also available by telephone at (866) 222-3580.

eGrants System Questions

You can visit the Mitigation eGrants (MT eGrants) System Resources for reference guides and job aids to help submit your application.

For assistance with using the eGrants system to manage your existing PDM grants, please email or call 855-228-3362.

Other Questions

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

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