National Association of Counties
On September 30, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for over $3 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants. State and local governments are eligible to apply for funding through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) programs. The application period will close at 3:00 p.m. ET on January 27, 2023. To view the funding notices, please click here.
Under the BRIC program, $2.3 billion of funding is available to states and localities to implement pre-disaster mitigation activities that reduce risk and disaster costs, and increase the resilience of critical infrastructure lifelines. In FY 2022, FEMA is expanding its investment in BRIC’s non-financial Direct Technical Assistance to at least 40 communities to assist with the application process.
There is $800 million available through FMA grants to help localities implement changes to reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to structures insured by the National Flood Insurance Program. Utilizing funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FEMA is increasing the federal cost share for the FMA program to 90 percent to help lower the financial burden on small and disadvantaged communities.
NACo is working with our congressional champions to urge FEMA to examine the building code requirements in the BRIC application process and provide alternative scoring opportunities for counties who are unable to meet these requirements due to state level restrictions.
With American Rescue Plan funds, counties are strengthening America’s workforce, addressing the nation’s behavioral health crisis, expanding broadband access, improving housing affordability and building prosperous communities for the next generation.
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