Mitigation Grant Programs Update

1. Mitigation Grant ProgramsUpdate Director’s conference June 25, 2009

2. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)

3. Allocations for HMGP FEMA DR-1786-LA “Hurricane Gustav” $126,513,000.00 FEMA DR-1792-LA “Hurricane Ike” $33,339,000.00 Ike funding will be dedicated to State Agencies. June 30 – LOI submittal. July 1 – Allocations redistributed for LOI’s not received by deadline. August 31 – Application submission to State.

4. Acquisition or Elevation Retrofitting (seismic, wind, and flood) Vegetative management and soil stabilization Infrastructure protection Stormwater Management Minor structural flood control Hardening utilities Writing/updating Parish and other local Hazard Mitigation Plans Eligible HMGP Project Types Include:

5. Application Period FY10 PDM, FMA, RFC, SRL National Application Period June 1, 2009 – December 4, 2009 Must be submitted to FEMA by 3 PM EST State will submit ALL FY 2010 applications by December 1 Applications must be submitted to GOHSEP in eGrants* by September 30, 2009 *Please email Kimberly Rodrigue for eGrants access.

6. Management Costs (PDM,FMA,RFC & SRL) Subapplicants may include a maximum of 5% of the total funds requested to support the activity. Compensation of employees for the time devoted specifically to the performance of the award Cost of materials used specifically for the purpose of the award Travel expenses incurred specifically to carry out the award

7. Eligible PDM Mitigation Project Activities funding is on a 75/25 split Structure Elevation Property Acquisition Demolition Relocation Stormwater Management Projects Protective Measures for Utilities Structural and Non-structural retrofitting of existing buildings Minor localized flood reduction projects All Hazards Mitigation Plans Safe Rooms Infrastructure Retrofit

8. Eligible FMA Mitigation Project Activities funding is on a 75/25 split Structure Elevation Property Acquisition Demolition Relocation Minor localized flood reduction projects Dry Floodproofing of Historical Residential Structures Dry Floodproofing of Non - Residential Structures

9. Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) NFIP insured structures that have one or more flood claim payments Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed activities cannot be funded under the FMA program due to lack of capacity, including inability to manage the subgrant or lack of 25% match. A local Hazard Mitigation Plan is not required

10. Eligible RFC Mitigation Project Activities funding is on a 100 Federal Structure Elevation Property Acquisition Demolition Relocation Minor localized flood reduction projects Dry Floodproofing of Historical Residential Structures Dry Floodproofing of Non - Residential Structures

11. Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) Residential properties with at least four NFIP claim payments over $5,000 each (building and contents), and the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeds $20,000; or For which at least two separate NFIP claim payments (building only) have been made, with the cumulative amount of the building portion of such claims exceeding the value of the property

12. Eligible SRL Mitigation Project Activities funding is on a 90/10 split Structure Elevation Property Acquisition Demolition Relocation Minor localized flood reduction projects Mitigation Reconstruction Dry Floodproofing of Historical Residential Structures

13. SRL Properties FEMA maintains a database of all validated SRL properties 8000 Nationwide properties 2950 Louisiana properties

14. SRL FY09 Re-opening Will remain open until all $150 Million is allocated Applications must be submitted to GOHSEP in eGrants by August 21, 2009 This date represents the first round of application deadlines for SRL FY 09

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