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FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance 2021 Year in Review is now available.
The report provides an overview of activities and accomplishments and highlights success stories. The report is aligned with the agency’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Strategic Framework for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Additional year in review highlights, include:
- Information on reducing risk through the delivery of mitigation programs. This section provides data and information about the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, Flood Mitigation Assistance, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Post Fire grants, Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Public Assistance Mitigation.
- Reducing barriers, providing focused assistance to underserved communities and simplifying the mitigation assistance process to ensure our partners have straightforward and equitable access to mitigation grant programs. For instance, Ocean Bay Housing Development was redeveloped following Hurricane Sandy using $560 million in FEMA funding for multiple residential improvements.
- Building a prepared and resilient nation by ensuring stakeholders have information about programs, tools, training and resources. This includes a robust online library of educational materials.
- Fostering connections by working closely with federal partners, states, local communities, tribes and territories to help them consider mitigation and risk reduction in all investment decisions.
A downloadable graphic is available that breakdown of Fiscal Year 2021 mitigation funding resulting in mitigation actions that will reduce nationwide vulnerability to disasters and natural hazards.
Learn more about the FEMA Hazard Mitigation grants at www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation.
FEMA Seeks New Members for National Advisory Council
FEMA is seeking qualified individuals to lend their expertise and serve on the agency’s National Advisory Council.
If you are interested in applying to serve on the National Advisory Council, please follow the instructions found in the Federal Register for submitting an application package no later than midnight ET on March 31.
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FEMA Seeks Public Comment to Enhance the Agency’s Programs
As part of its commitment to advance equity in underserved communities, FEMA proposes collecting demographic information from applicants participating in certain FEMA programs.
The deadline to submit comments is March 28. Learn more and submit your comments on the Federal Register website.
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FEMA Offers Exercise Assistance Through the National Exercise Program
FEMA is accepting requests for exercise support through the National Exercise Program. State, local, tribal and territorial partners can request no-cost assistance for exercise design, development, conduct and evaluation to validate capabilities across all mission areas.
Spring 2022 requests for support are due no later than April 1. To submit a request for exercise support, download the support request form and email the completed form with supporting documentation to NEP@fema.dhs.gov. Awardees will be notified by May 6. FEMA will hold additional exercise support rounds in fall 2022 and spring 2023.
For questions, contact FEMA at NEP@fema.dhs.gov.
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FEMA to Host Nonprofit Security Grant Program Webinars
FEMA is hosting a series of webinars for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Nonprofit Security Grant Program. These webinars are for all nonprofit organizations interested in learning more about the program and its priorities, eligibility and application process.
To register, click on your preferred session below:
Additional program information can be found on FEMA.gov. The vulnerability self-assessment tool, as well as other helpful safety and security information for nonprofits, can be found at the Hometown Security webpage at CISA.gov.
For questions regarding the webinars or to request special accommodations, contact FEMA-NSGP@fema.dhs.gov.
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FEMA Hosts National Resource Hub Webinars
FEMA is hosting a National Resource Hub webinar series to walk users through toolkit resources. The webinars will focus on the Resource Inventory System, OneResponder and the course equivalent tool.
Advance registration is required due to space limitations. To register, click on your preferred webinar session from the list below:
Resource Inventory System Introduction
OneResponder and Course Equivalency Tool Introduction
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FEMA Hosts IPAWS Webinar
FEMA is hosting a webinar to highlight Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) use, trends in IPAWS adoption and major developments with the IPAWS program during 2021. The webinar will be held at 1 p.m. ET on March 9.
Wondering who is using IPAWS and when? FEMA will share statistics from the past year and discuss new resources available to IPAWS users.
This 30-minute discussion will be led by FEMA’s IPAWS Stakeholder Engagement team and will be followed by a question-and-answer period.
The webinar will be recorded for future viewing. However, FEMA encourages live attendance to maximize the time for Q&A with the presenters.
To join the webinar, visit FEMA's WebEx webpage. For questions, contact FEMA at fema-ipaws-stakeholder-engagement@fema.dhs.gov.
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FEMA Seeks Feedback on Resource Typing Definition
FEMA is seeking public feedback on a resource typing definition document. The 30-day national engagement period will conclude at 5 p.m. ET on April 1.
The national engagement period provides an opportunity for interested parties to comment on the draft document to ensure that it is relevant for all implementing partners. To provide comments on the draft, complete the feedback form on FEMA.gov and submit the form to fema-nims@fema.dhs.gov.
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