FEMA Releases Notification of Hazard Mitigation Funding Opportunity, FY2020

Last week, FEMA posted the Notification of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA), Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20). There’s $660 million available through two programs—the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program and the new Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) pre-disaster grant program. BRIC, as you already know, is a new pre-disaster hazard mitigation program that replaces the existing Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program. 

As expressed by FEMA, the two competitive mitigation grant programs “provide states, local communities, tribes, and territories (SLTTs) funding for eligible mitigation activities to strengthen our nation’s ability to build a culture of preparedness by