Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 | DHS 22 MT 045 05 01

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The Fiscal Year 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program for FEMA Region 5 is a discretionary funding opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through FEMA. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning funded projects are typically carried out with active FEMA involvement and coordination rather than as a hands-off grant. The program is designed to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by expanding the pool of capable partners who can help identify flood hazards, assess risk, and translate that information into practical actions that reduce losses and improve community resilience.

At its core, the CTP Program is a partnership-building mechanism. It emphasizes collaboration across federal, state, tribal, regional, and local levels to better understand flood risks and reduce flood-related damages to people, property, and infrastructure. The opportunity is closely tied to FEMA's broader national preparedness and resilience priorities, aligning with the DHS 2020-2024 Strategic Plan goal of strengthening national preparedness and resilience. It also supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, which connects to Presidential Policy Directive 8 on National Preparedness, and it reinforces FEMA strategic priorities focused on building a culture of preparedness and ensuring the nation is ready for catastrophic disasters. In practical terms, the CTP Program invests in the foundational technical work and coordination needed to make flood risk visible and actionable in communities.

The primary mission focus is supporting the NFIP Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA flood hazard identification and risk assessment efforts, particularly the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. Risk MAP is FEMA's approach to delivering high-quality flood hazard and risk data so that the public, local officials, planners, and other decision-makers understand flood threats and are more likely to take steps that reduce risk. Through CTP, FEMA seeks to accelerate and improve the development of flood hazard datasets and mapping products, including work that benefits communities that have never had flood risks fully identified and communities where existing Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related data can be improved. The intent is not only to generate maps, but to ensure those maps and supporting datasets increase awareness, guide mitigation options, and improve mitigation planning and investment decisions over time.

This FY 2022 Region 5 opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 22 MT 045 05 01; CFDA 97.045) was created on June 9, 2022, with an original application closing date of July 21, 2022. FEMA anticipated making about 15 awards, with an award ceiling listed at $9.2 million. The activity categories associated with the opportunity include disaster prevention and relief as well as natural resources, reflecting the program's dual role in reducing disaster impacts while managing and communicating hazards tied to the natural environment.

Eligibility is broad and oriented toward public and mission-driven entities with the capacity to perform technical flood mapping and risk analysis work or support those efforts through planning and coordination. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in that nonprofit category). Overall, the program is meant to build a durable network of capable partners who can help FEMA and the NFIP keep flood hazard information current, credible, and usable, ultimately enabling communities to better understand their flood risk and take meaningful steps to reduce it.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5" 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 09, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 21, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $9,200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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