Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 7 | DHS 22 MT 045 07 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 7 is a FEMA grant opportunity (under the Department of Homeland Security) that funds partnerships to improve flood hazard mapping and flood risk understanding in support of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The basic idea is to bring FEMA together with state, local, tribal, and other qualified partners so flood risks can be identified more accurately, communicated more clearly to the public, and used to drive practical actions that reduce losses and strengthen community resilience. This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA expects substantial involvement and coordination with awardees rather than a hands-off pass-through grant.

The program is closely tied to FEMA's Flood Hazard Mapping Program and FEMA's flood hazard identification and risk assessment work, particularly the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. Risk MAP's stated vision is to provide high-quality data that helps people understand flood hazards and motivates steps that reduce risk to life and property. Through CTP, FEMA supports the creation of new flood hazard data and mapping for communities that may not have had risks formally identified before, as well as updates and improvements to existing Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). Beyond producing maps, the intent is to increase public awareness of flood risk, highlight potential mitigation options, and provide better information that can feed into local and regional mitigation planning.

From a policy and strategy standpoint, the opportunity is framed as supporting national preparedness and resilience priorities. It aligns with the DHS 2020-2024 Strategic Plan goal of strengthening national preparedness and resilience, supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (which connects to Presidential Policy Directive 8 on National Preparedness), and advances FEMA Strategic Plan goals focused on building a culture of preparedness and readying the nation for catastrophic disasters. In practice, FEMA emphasizes that stronger technical and working relationships across federal, state, tribal, regional, and local levels are a key mechanism for reaching these outcomes.

Administrative details included in the announcement specify that this is a discretionary funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 22 MT 045 07 01) with an award ceiling of $20,000,000 and an expectation of about 5 awards. The opportunity sits within the Disaster Prevention and Relief and Natural Resources funding activity areas and is associated with CFDA number 97.045. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than institutions of higher education. The opportunity was posted June 9, 2022, with an original application closing date of July 21, 2022.

For applicants looking for deeper program background, FEMA directs readers to the Risk MAP information hub (https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/tools-resources/risk-map) for details on goals, strategies, and examples of outcomes, and to the CTP program page (https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/cooperating-technical-partners) for information specific to how CTP partnerships are structured and supported.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 7" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.045.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 09, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 21, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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