General Hurricane Knowledge
This FEMA program seeks to fund effective and innovative activities that will reduce risk, increase resilience, and serve as a catalyst to encourage the whole community to invest in and adopt hazard mitigation policies
What is Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities?
Eligible subapplicant for HMGP and HMGP Post Fire that is not eligible for non-disaster grants
What is private non-profit organizations?
NOFO
What is Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)?
These FEMA Grant Programs is only available after a Presidental Disaster Declaration
What is the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and FMA Swift?
These cause the greatest loss of life in hurricanes.
What is the storm surge?
This FEMA program deals with flood risk reduction and typically funds projects such as property acquisition, elevation, or floodproofing for structures insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
What is the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program?
Activities that enable sub-applicants to develop hazard mitigation strategies and obtain data to prioritize, select, and develop complete sub-applications.
What is Advance Assistance?
SFHA
What is Special Flood Hazard Area?
HMGP funding amounts are determined by a percentage of this broader FEMA disaster assistance category
What is the total of public assistance and individual assistance?
To be eligible for BRIC or FMA funds applicants/sub-applicants must have this type of approved and adopted plan.
What is a Hazard Mitigation Plan?
Procedural guide that details how the recipient will administer HMGP awards and subawards. Must be current and approved by FEMA before receiving HMGP assistance.
What is Administrative Plan?
NEMIS
What is National Emergency Managment Information System?
For applicable projects that require a BCA. The BCR must be at or above this ratio
What is 1.0?
Applicants/sub-applicant must be one of the following four eligible entities to apply for non-disaster grants
What are states, territories, federal recognized tribes and local governments?
This standard operating procedure (SOP) establishes the policy and procedures for the processing of HMGP applications in Region 3.
What is the HMGP Pre-Award/Award SOP?
CATEX
What is Categorical Exclusion?
This program, funds mitigation specifically after smaller wildfire events without requiring a major disaster declaration
What is HMGP Post Fire?
For non-disaster mitigation grant programs, in general, HMA funds may be used to pay up to _% of the eligible activity costs
What is 75%-100%?
Allows the recipient to use any cost share match that exceeds the minimum requirement (referred to as overmatch) from certain subawards to alleviate the financial burden on other activities.
What is Global Match?
URA
What is Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (URA)?
Hazard mitigation plans must be updated this often, for applicants and sub-applicants to remain eligible
What is every 5 years?