Generally, FEMA may provide up to 75% of the cost of eligible mitigation activities under BRIC. FEMA may provide up to 90% of the cost of eligible mitigation activities for small impoverished communities.[330] FEMA will provide 100% federal assistance for eligible management costs. The appropriate year’s NOFO may contain additional information about cost share availability.
Applicants cannot apply other federal award assistance toward the BRIC non-federal cost share unless the other federal statutory authority allows the assistance to be used to meet cost share requirements.[331] FEMA encourages innovative use of public and private-sector partnerships to meet the non-federal cost share.
C.7.1. BRIC: Small Impoverished Communities
Small impoverished community subapplicants are eligible for an increase in cost share up to 90% federal/10% non-federal under the BRIC program. Small impoverished communities are also known as economically disadvantaged rural communities. Non-federal cost share may consist of cash, donated or third-party in-kind services, materials or any combination thereof.
A small impoverished community must be both:
- A community of 3,000 or fewer individuals identified by the applicant.
- Economically disadvantaged, with residents having an average per capita annual income not exceeding 80 percent of the national per capita income, based on the best available data. [332]
Applicants must certify and provide documentation of the community or jurisdictional status with the appropriate subapplication to justify the 90% cost share. If documentation is not submitted with the subapplication, FEMA will provide no more than the standard 75% of the total eligible costs.
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 subapplications, which make up their overall BRIC grant application.