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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

TRIBAL RECIPIENTS

FY19

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Non-disaster grants programs

FY19 non-disaster application cycle

Eligible Activities

Funding limits

PDM priorities

How to apply

Application limits

Job Aids and resources

Questions and answers

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Notice of Funding

Opportunity FY19 HMA

Programs

NON-DISASTER MITIGATION GRANTS

Pre-Disaster Mitigation

$250M

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APPLICATION FLOW


Application period opens

on September 30, 2019.

Submission deadline for

applications is 3:00 p.m.

ET on January 31, 2020.

System-related issues will

be addressed up to

3:00 p.m. ET

on January 29, 2020.

FY19 NON-DISASTER APPLICATION CYCLE


NOFO posted to Grants.gov – August 26, 2019

Application period – September 30, 2019 – January 31, 2020

Eligibility and Technical Reviews – February – April 2020

Selections – May 2020

Period of performance – 36/48 months from Award

Period of Performance 36/48 Months

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023+

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PLANNING REQUIREMENT FOR PROJECTS

Planning is the cornerstone of project development.

• A FEMA-approved Tribal mitigation plan is required to apply for and

receive project funding in accordance with 44 CFR Part 201.

• Extraordinary Circumstances will not be granted if Applicants or

subapplicants do not have a Hazard Mitigation Plan by the

application deadline.

• A new Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide is available at:

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/18355

❑ FEMA began using this guide Dec. 5, 2018 to review and

approve all Tribal Mitigation Plans



COST SHARE REQUIREMENTS

FEMA will pay 75% of the total cost

FEMA will pay up to 90% for small, impoverished

communities.

• Community of 3,000 or fewer individuals

• Economically disadvantaged

•per capita annual income not exceeding 80% of national per

capita income

• High unemployment rate

•Local rate exceeds by 1 percentage point the average yearly

national unemployment rate


FY19 PDM – FUNDING PRIORITIES


FY19 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program$250 Million

$51.6 Million $198.4 Million

State/Territory Set-Aside($31.6M)

Tribal Set-Aside($20M)

Advance Assistance($12.5M)

Resilient Infrastructure

($125M)

PDM Competitive Priorities($60.9M)

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PDM FUNDING PRIORITIES

State/Territory Set-AsideUp to 1% of PDM funds or $575,000,whichever is less

Tribal Set-Aside $575,000 per Federally recognized tribal government applicant ($20 million)

• Tribal Applicants’ highest ranked eligible planning or project subapplication(s) not to exceed $575,000 cumulative total Federal cost share.

• No limit to the number of subapplications a Tribal Applicant may submit towards the set-aside.

• Subapplications exceeding set-aside cumulative limit will be considered in the competition.


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THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS.

Advance AssistanceUp to $200,000 per Tribal Applicant for project scoping

• Next ranked (in priority order, after meeting set-aside) eligible subapplication(s) from each Tribal Applicant not to exceed $200,000 cumulative total Federal cost share.

• MUST state Advance Assistance in title of projects and use eGrants code 904.2

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Resilient Infrastructure Competitive Funding

Up to $10M Federal cost share. Final ranking based upon scoring factors

• Each Tribal Applicant may only submit 1 subapplication

• Must not exceed $10M total Federal cost share

• Must state Resilient Infrastructure in title of project and use eGrants code 402.3


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PDM RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE SCORING CRITERIA

View this table on pages 17-18

of the FY19 PDM NOFO


Traditional Competitive PDM Funding

A. Multi-state/Tribal mitigation activities

• Any Applicant agency willing to serve as the Tribal Applicant for a multi-state/tribal or multi-tribal mitigation activity may include 1 multi-state/tribal project.


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B. Planning subapplications

• From Tribal Applicants that have

less than $400K HMGP planning

funds available



C. Project subapplications


less than $4M HMGP regular

project funds available in the

following order:

i. Mitigation projects that reduce risk

to natural hazards (seismic,

wildfire, landslide, flood, wind,

drought)

ii. Generator for critical facilities


D. Planning subapplications


at least $400K HMGP planning

funds available



E. Project subapplications


at least $4M HMGP regular

project funds available in the

following order:

i. Mitigation projects that reduce risk

to natural hazards (seismic, wildfire,

landslide, flood, wind, drought)

ii. Generator for critical facilities


PDM COMPETITIVE FACTORS

FEMA will further prioritize the competitive subapplications in categories

#2 (Tribal set-aside) and #5 (competitive) as needed based on:

1. Small, impoverished community status

2. Public-private partnership participation as indicated by the inclusion

of private funds in the non-federal share (highest percentage of

private funds)

3. FEMA validated Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule

(BCEGS) rating from 1 to 10

4. FEMA validated Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) for projects

5. Applicant’s rank of their competitive projects


PDM APPLICATION LIMITS

Tribal Applicants may include the following in a PDM

grant application:

• Unlimited number of plan and project subapplications up to $575,000

cumulative Federal share for the Tribal set-aside

• Unlimited number of Advance Assistance subapplications not to

exceed $200K cumulative Federal share per Tribal Applicant

• 1 Competitive Resilient Infrastructure project

• Unlimited planning subapplications

• 9 competitive project subapplications

• 1 multi-state/tribal project (for a maximum of 10 competitive projects)

• 1 Tribal management cost subapplication


PDM FUNDING LIMITS

Projects

• $4 million limit for mitigation projects

• $10 million for Resilient Infrastructure projects

Advance Assistance

• Up to $200,000 per Tribal Applicant for Advance Assistance

Plans

• $400,000 limit for new mitigation plans

• $300,000 limit for multi-jurisdictional tribal mitigation plan update

• $150,000 limit for single jurisdiction tribal mitigation plan update

Management Cost

• 5% of plan/project subapplication budget for subapplicant management costs

• 10% of grant application budget for applicant management costs

No Applicant may receive more than $37,380,000


HOW TO APPLY

PDM and FMA grant applications must be

submitted to FEMA via the Mitigation

eGrants system:

https://portal.fema.gov

• Tribal Applicants must contact the eGrants

Helpdesk to report system issues that

prevent grant application submittal.

• All requests for eGrants technical

assistance for the FY19 grant cycle must

be submitted no later than 3 p.m. ET on

January 29, 2020. This will help ensure

timely resolution of technical issues prior to

the application deadline.


HMA Webpage:

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-assistance

Job Aids:


Publications:

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-assistance-publications


JOBAIDS

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-assistance


https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-assistance-publications

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Mitigation eGrants System Webpage:

https://www.fema.gov/mitigation-egrants-system-0

eGrants Helpdesk:

[email protected]

1-855-228-3362

BCA Helpline:

[email protected]

1-855-540-6744

Feasibility and Effectiveness Helpline:

[email protected]

Environmental and Historic Preservation:

[email protected]

1-866-222-3580

HMA Helpline:

[email protected]

1-866-222-3580

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https://www.fema.gov/mitigation-egrants-system-0

mailto:[email protected]





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