Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4 | DHS 17 MT 045 04 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4 is a FEMA grant/cooperative agreement opportunity under the Department of Homeland Security focused on strengthening the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by building durable partnerships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local entities. The main point of the program is to reduce flood losses and improve community resilience by increasing the quality, usefulness, and local ownership of flood hazard and flood risk information. In practice, this means helping partners support the regulatory and technical responsibilities that come with NFIP participation, while also improving how flood risk is analyzed, mapped, and communicated to the public and decision-makers.

The program is designed to fund projects and activities that expand or enhance a partner's capability to develop and maintain flood risk data and products, particularly FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related datasets. It also supports work that advances FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) goals, which emphasize not only accurate mapping but also better risk communication and risk-informed mitigation planning. Activities funded through this opportunity can include program management functions, technical flood risk analysis and mapping work, and efforts aimed at communicating flood hazard and risk information so that communities, residents, and private-sector stakeholders are better equipped to understand and reduce their exposure.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are already qualified Cooperating Technical Partners. To receive an award, an applicant must have a signed CTP Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. The applicant also must either be (or represent) an NFIP community in good standing, or be a FEMA-approved nonprofit whose primary mission supports NFIP goals and objectives. FEMA expects applicants to already have non-federally funded processes or systems in place to support the collection, development, evaluation, dissemination, and communication of flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. Applicants must also be capable of completing the proposed work, meeting CTP performance metrics, and providing timely, accurate performance reporting to FEMA. Where applicable, partners must agree to use FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP), including updating study-related activities at least every 30 days in the Studies Workflow, and more frequently for the Revisions Workflow.

A key expectation in this opportunity is early coordination with FEMA prior to applying. FEMA wants prospective applicants to align proposed tasks with current program priorities, objectives, and measures, and to identify specific, well-scoped activities that FEMA is prepared to support. FEMA may also provide non-financial support such as technical assistance, training, and data to strengthen project execution within the relevant project categories. Importantly, FEMA funding is described as additive to resources and data that the partner may already be leveraging, meaning FEMA anticipates partners may contribute their own capabilities, datasets, and other inputs alongside federal assistance.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 17 MT 045 04 01) under CFDA 97.045. Eligible applicant types listed include state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding higher education institutions), along with other eligible entities as clarified in the full announcement. The posting was created June 1, 2017, with an original application closing date of July 1, 2017. FEMA anticipated making about nine awards, and while an award ceiling is shown as 0 (which typically signals that the ceiling is not specified in the listing rather than that funding is unavailable), actual award levels would be governed by FEMA priorities, available appropriations, and the approved scope of work.

If selected, recipients must comply with the requirements in the funding announcement, the award terms and conditions, the existing Partnership Agreement, and the FEMA-approved Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement. These documents collectively define what the partner will deliver, how progress will be tracked, and how work products and workflow updates will be managed within FEMA systems. The overall intent is to make flood risk information more accurate, more current, and more actionable at the local level while reinforcing NFIP implementation and supporting broader mitigation outcomes across FEMA Region 4.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.045.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 01, 2017. (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 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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