[PCA] ADVANCED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program; (Opens Sep 30, 2021//Closes Jan 28, 2022)

Park, Margaret E margaret_park at fws.gov
Mon Sep 13 11:45:44 CDT 2021


The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program is designed to support state, territorial, and local governments and federally recognized tribes in their efforts to undertake hazard mitigation projects to reduce risks stemming from natural hazards and disasters. The purpose of the BRIC grant program is to provide a consistent, sustainable source of federal pre-disaster funding to shift the focus away from post-disaster recovery spending by building community resilience before future hazards and disasters occur.

FEMA announced the BRIC funding for Fiscal Year 2021 will total $1.6 billion. This round of funding aligns with the environmental justice mandates of federal Executive Order 14008<https://www.adaptationclearinghouse.org/resources/executive-order-14008-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad.html> by incorporating metrics that prioritize assistance in disadvantaged communities. Economically disadvantaged rural areas are eligible for a higher federal cost share on projects (90 percent federal, instead of 25 percent), and projects can earn extra consideration for providing community-wide benefits to disadvantaged communities.

ELIGIBILITY: BRIC funding is available on an annual basis in states that have received a presidential disaster declaration in the past seven years from the date when FEMA issues a Notice of Funding Opportunity. Eligible state and local grantees should check with their State Hazard Mitigation Offices or departments to inquire whether there are additional requirements or earlier deadlines for project proposals or applications set by their own states that may differ from the federal deadlines. Then, a state’s hazard mitigation office or department is responsible for compiling all subapplications into a single grant application that will be submitted to FEMA. Applicants rank and prioritize each subapplication within the larger application to FEMA.

ELIGIBLE USES: BRIC funds can be used for "capability- and capacity-building" activities (i.e., building codes activities, partnerships, project scoping, and planning and planning-related activities), hazard mitigation projects, and project management costs. FEMA can also fund projects that utilize innovative project designs and/or partnerships. To be eligible for BRIC funding, projects must:

  *   be cost-effective (according to FEMA’s Benefit-Cost Analysis requirements);
  *   decrease risk and impacts of future potential natural hazards;
  *   meet the 2015 or 2018 International Building Codes;
  *   be consistent with the applicant's FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plans; and
  *   satisfy historic preservation and environmental compliance requirements.
APPLICATION PERIOD: The application period for new funding opens on September 30, 2021 and closes on January 28, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. ET

More information:
FEMA Announcement: https://www.adaptationclearinghouse.org/resources/fema-building-resilient-infrastructure-and-communities-bric-grant-program.html

Notice of Funding Opportunity: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_nofo-fiscal-year-2021-building-resilient-infrastructure.pdf

Native Plant Resources for Resilience (below are some resources the PCA pulled together to help connect this grant to native plants. Feel free to insert additional resources.)

  *   Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange<https://www.cakex.org/>
  *   Adaptation Clearinghouse<https://www.adaptationclearinghouse.org/> (search on: native plants)
  *   Enhancing Sustainable Communities with Green Infrastructure<https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-08/documents/green-infrastructure.pdf> (e.g., search on: native plants; and: restor)
  *   Nature Based Solutions to Disaster<https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/nature-based-solutions-disasters>
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