Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | DHS 22 MT 029 000 98

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The Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) opportunity is a discretionary grant program administered by the Department of Homeland Security through FEMA. Its core purpose is to provide federal funding to help reduce or eliminate repeated flood damage to buildings and structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In practice, this program is aimed at communities and governments that are dealing with recurring flood losses and want to invest in long-term, risk-reducing measures rather than repeatedly repairing the same properties after floods.

A key emphasis in this funding opportunity is the growing flood risk associated with climate change. FEMA frames the program not only around traditional flood mitigation, but also around climate adaptation, equity, and resilience. That means the program is intended to support actions that help communities withstand both sudden, high-impact flood events (such as hurricanes, riverine flash flooding, or severe storms) and longer-term, chronic flood stressors (like more frequent nuisance flooding, changing precipitation patterns, sea level rise impacts in coastal areas, and increasing flood intensity over time). The overarching idea is to use mitigation dollars to lessen future disaster impacts and reduce the cycle of repeated losses for NFIP-insured structures.

Eligible applicants include state governments, U.S. territorial governments, and federally recognized tribal governments, with local governments also able to participate as the program channels funds to community-level mitigation needs. The listing indicates that additional eligibility details exist beyond the short category labels, but at a high level the program is designed to fund public-sector applicants that can manage mitigation projects tied to NFIP-insured buildings. FEMA anticipated making around 50 awards under this opportunity. The opportunity is tied to CFDA (now Assistance Listing) number 97.029, which is FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance program identifier, and it falls under the Disaster Prevention and Relief funding activity category.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity number is DHS 22 MT 029 000 98, and it was created on August 12, 2022, with an original application closing date of January 27, 2023. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data, which typically signals that the maximum award amount is not expressed as a single fixed cap in the announcement metadata and may instead depend on available appropriations, applicant capacity, project type, or FEMA's program-specific selection and funding rules.

The announcement also notes that eligible projects may or may not involve geospatial or GIS components. In real-world flood mitigation work, GIS can be relevant for tasks like mapping flood risk, prioritizing repetitive-loss properties, analyzing vulnerability, and documenting project benefits, but the program is not limited to GIS-focused activities. The central focus remains mitigation actions that measurably reduce flood risk to NFIP-insured structures and support broader goals of resilience and equitable adaptation to worsening flood hazards.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)" 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 12, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 27, 2023. (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 50 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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