Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 18 MT 029 000 99
The FY 2018 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program is a FEMA grant opportunity under the Department of Homeland Security designed to help states, local governments, and federally recognized tribal governments reduce or eliminate repeated flood damage to buildings insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The focus is on mitigation that lowers future flood losses, especially for properties that have flooded multiple times and generated repeated NFIP claims. In practical terms, the program is meant to move communities away from a cycle of flooding, repairs, and insurance payouts by funding projects that permanently reduce flood risk.
For FY 2018, FEMA highlighted a major priority: community flood risk. To push work that protects neighborhoods or broader areas (rather than only single structures), FEMA set aside $70 million specifically for proposals aimed at community-scale flood mitigation. FEMA indicated it plans to support two main kinds of community flood mitigation activities within this set-aside. The first is Advance Assistance, which covers early-stage work such as the design and development needed to get a community mitigation project ready to build. The second is funding for the actual mitigation projects that address community flood risk, with the explicit intent of reducing NFIP flood claim payments over time. This emphasis signals that FEMA was looking for proposals that can show measurable reductions in flood exposure and future claims across a community.
Beyond the $70 million community-risk emphasis, the remaining funding (at least $90 million) was reserved for other core FMA purposes. That includes technical assistance, mitigation planning, and mitigation projects that reduce risk for Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) and Repetitive Loss (RL) properties. SRL and RL designations generally reflect properties with a history of multiple flood insurance claims, so this portion of funding is aimed at the places where recurring losses are most concentrated. This funding pool supports both the planning and the on-the-ground actions that help communities identify flood problems, prioritize solutions, and implement mitigation measures that reduce long-term damages and costs.
Eligibility is centered on governmental applicants. The opportunity lists state governments and federally recognized tribal governments as eligible, and it also notes additional eligible applicants under an "other" category, which typically relates to how FEMA structures applications through recipients and subrecipients (often states or tribes serving as the primary applicant on behalf of local jurisdictions). The program is categorized as discretionary and uses the grant funding instrument. The CFDA number associated with this opportunity is 97.029, which identifies the Flood Mitigation Assistance program within the federal assistance catalog.
Applications had to be submitted electronically through FEMA's Mitigation eGrants system using the FEMA Grants Portal at https://portal.fema.gov. A notable limit in this funding round was the cap on sub-applications tied to the community flood risk emphasis: an applicant could submit no more than one Advance Assistance sub-application and no more than one Community Mitigation Project sub-application. This limitation suggests FEMA wanted applicants to concentrate on their strongest, highest-impact community proposal(s) rather than submitting many smaller or competing submissions.
Key administrative details from the posting include the funding opportunity title "FY 2018 Flood Mitigation Assistance" and number DHS-18-MT-029-000-99. The opportunity was posted on August 3, 2018, with an original application deadline of January 31, 2019. FEMA anticipated making around 200 awards, and the listing shows an award ceiling of $0, which typically indicates that awards vary widely and are not capped by a single uniform maximum in the public synopsis. Overall, the FY 2018 FMA opportunity is best understood as a targeted investment in reducing repetitive flood losses, with a clear push toward community-wide projects and project development that can demonstrably reduce future NFIP claims.Apply for DHS 18 MT 029 000 99
- The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 Flood Mitigation Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.029.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 03, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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