BRIC Direct Technical Assistance

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Direct Technical Assistance (BRIC DTA) provides non-financial support to communities, territories and Tribal Nations that may not have the resources to begin climate resilience planning and project design on their own. Through process-oriented, hand-in-hand assistance, BRIC DTA will partner with communities, territories and Tribal Nations interested in enhancing their capability and capacity to design holistic, equitable, hazard mitigation solutions that advance community-driven objectives.

Through BRIC DTA, FEMA will offer support to recipients for wide-ranging activities including, but not limited to, climate risk assessments, community engagement, partnership building, and mitigation and climate adaptation planning. Support to BRIC DTA recipients can range from pre-application activities to grant closeout.

Local governments, as defined in Title 44 United States Code section 5122(6), are eligible to apply. These include (but are not limited to):

• Federally recognized Tribal Nations
• Territorial governments
• Cities, towns, townships, parishes, boroughs or counties
• Special district governments
• Metropolitan or regional planning organizations
• Other political subdivisions of state governments

BRIC Direct Technical Assistance Recipients
There are currently 167 communities, territories and Tribal Nations that are receiving, or have been selected to receive, support from BRIC DTA for fiscal years 2020–2023. Read more about participating communities, territories and Tribal Nations and their requests here.

General questions about the BRIC program can be directed to the appropriate State Hazard Mitigation Officer or FEMA Regional Office.

• BRIC Direct Technical Communities
• BRIC Program Support Materials

FEMA is focused on removing barriers to funding access, especially for disadvantaged communities. As such, FEMA will prioritize assistance for: 

• A federally recognized Tribe or Tribal entity. 
• An Economically Disadvantaged Rural Community (EDRC), (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 5133(a) as a small, impoverished community). 
• Resilience or hazard mitigation activities within or that primarily benefit:
  • A Justice40 community or communities as identified by the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST).
  •  A Community Disaster Resilience Zone (CDRZ), (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 5136(a)(1)).

 FEMA will also prioritize requests that focus on nature-based solutions and building code adoption and/or enforcement.  

Each community, territory and Tribal Nation may have a unique journey with BRIC DTA, but all will generally follow the same path to the critical milestones illustrated below.

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