BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities

 

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program makes federal funds available to states, U.S territories, federally recognized tribal governments, and local communities for hazard mitigation activities. The guiding principles of the program are to (1) support state and local governments, tribes, and territories through capability- and capacity-building to enable them to identify mitigation actions and implement projects that reduce risks posed by natural hazards; (2) encourage and enable innovation while allowing flexibility, consistency, and effectiveness; (3) promote partnerships and enable high-impact investments to reduce risk from natural hazards with a focus on critical services and facilities, public infrastructure, public safety, public health, and communities; (4) provide a significant opportunity to reduce future losses and minimize impacts on the Disaster Relief Fund; (5) promote equity, including by helping members of overburdened and underservedvulnerable groups; and (6) support the adoption and enforcement of building codes, standards, and policies that will protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, take into account future conditions, prominently including the effects of climate change, and have long-lasting impacts on community risk reduction, including for critical services and facilities and for future disaster costs. The FY 2022 Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program is to fund Congressional Community Projects for state, local, tribal, and territorial government efforts to plan for and implement sustainable cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on federal funding from future disasters.

Active 97.047 Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 150 Million in losses avoided. $77,204,491.58 in losses avoided.
Fiscal Year 2017 $80,000,000 in losses avoided.
Fiscal Year 2018 $80,000,000 in losses avoided.
Fiscal Year 2020 Supported state and local governments, tribes, and territories through capability- and capacity-building to enable them to identify mitigation actions and implement projects that reduce risks posed by natural hazards.
Fiscal Year 2021 BRIC funds were used to support state and local governments, tribes, and territories to add capability- and capacity-building to enable them to implement projects that reduced risks posed by natural hazards.
Fiscal Year 2022 The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program will fund Congressional Community Projects for state, local, tribal, and territorial government efforts to plan for and implement sustainable cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on federal funding from future disasters. Section Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), as amended (Pub. L. No. 93-288) (42 U.S.C. 5133). States ? District of Columbia ? U.S. territories ? Federally recognized tribal governments Each state, territory, the District of Columbia, and federally recognized tribal governments shall designate one agency to serve as the applicant for BRIC and PDM funding. Each applicant's designated agency may submit only one BRIC and one PDM grant application to FEMA. Subapplications under which two or more entities would carry out the award are eligible, such as a multi-state or multi-tribal initiative; however, only one entity may be the applicant with primary responsibility for carrying out the award. Communities, including local governments, cities, townships, counties, special district governments, and tribal governments (including federally recognized tribes who choose to apply as subapplicants) are considered subapplicants and must submit subapplications for financial assistance to their state/territory/tribal applicant agency. Contact information for the State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMOs) is provided on the FEMA website at http://www.fema.gov/state-hazard-mitigation-officers. For applicant eligibility criteria and other eligibility criteria, refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. o State o Local o Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments o U.S. Territories/Possession o Communities State agencies, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and local governments and communities are eligible to apply as subapplicants for assistance under the BRIC and PDM programs. All interested subapplicants must apply to the Applicant. Individuals are not eligible to apply as subapplicants but may request their local jurisdiction to apply on their behalf. Please refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Documentation required will be outlined in other program implementation material and included in the Notices of Funding Opportunity Opportunities (NOFO) posted on www.Grants.gov 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for this listing will be posted on Grants.gov FEMA will administer all BRIC and PDM awards in conformance with Section 203 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. ? 5133), Section 322 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5165), 44 C.F.R. Part 80, 44 C.F.R. Part 201, 2 C.F.R. Part 200, 44 C.F.R. Part 9; DHS Directive 023-01 Rev 01 and Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01 Rev 01, FEMA Directive 108-1 and Instruction 108-1-1, and all other applicable environmental and historic preservation laws, regulations, executive orders, and agency policy; and 44 C.F.R. ? 60.3 and all other applicable federal, state, tribal, and local laws and regulations. For more information view the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Applications are reviewed by DHS/FEMA program and administrative staff. Any issues or concerns noted in the application will be negotiated with the successful Applicant prior to the award being issued. Upon award the Applicant is subsequently referred to as the Recipient. Recipients are responsible for distributing funds to subrecipients. For more information view the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Please see the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Not applicable. Not applicable. Please refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Capability- and Capacity-Building (C&CB) Activities: Activities which enhance the knowledge, skills, expertise, etc., of the current workforce to expand or improve the administration of mitigation assistance. This includes activities in the following sub-categories: building codes activities, partnerships, project scoping, mitigation planning and planning-related activities, and other activities. Mitigation Projects: Cost-effective projects designed to increase resilience and public safety; reduce injuries and loss of life; and reduce damage and destruction to property, critical services, facilities, and infrastructure from natural hazards. Management Costs: Financial assistance to reimburse the recipient and subrecipient for eligible and reasonable indirect costs, direct administrative costs, and other administrative expenses associated with a specific mitigation measure or project in an amount up to 15 percent of the total amount of the grant award, of which not more than 10 percent of the total award amount may be used by the recipient and 5 percent by the subrecipient for such costs. For PDM, these management costs must come out of each Congressional Community Project’s funding amount. Non-financial Direct Technical Assistance (BRIC only): Non-financial Direct Technical Assistance to build a community’s capacity and capability to improve its resiliency to natural hazards and to ensure stakeholders are capable of building and sustaining successful mitigation programs, submitting high-quality applications, and implementing new and innovative projects that reduce risk from a wide range of natural hazards. For more information view the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Performance Reports: Recipients are required to submit quarterly and final performance reports that include the progress of each subaward. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for reporting requirements. Non-federal entities, other than for-profit subrecipients, that expend $750,000 or more in federal awards during their fiscal year must have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with Subpart F. 2 C.F.R. ? 200.501. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other non-federal entity records pertinent to a federal award generally must be maintained for at least three years from the date the final FFR is submitted. See 2 C.F.R. ? 200.334. Further, if the recipient does not submit a final FFR and the award is administratively closed, FEMA uses the date of administrative closeout as the start of the general record retention period. The record retention period may be longer than three years or have a different start date in certain cases. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Statutory Formula: Title Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Chapter 42 Part 5133 Public Law 100-707

Matching is voluntary. Statutory Formula: Title Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Chapter 42 Part 5133 Subpart Public Law 100-707 Matching Requirements: Percent: Other Generally, the cost-share for this program is 75 percent federal/25 percent non-federal. This means federal funding is available for up to 75 percent of eligible costs. The remaining 25 percent of eligible costs must be derived from non-federal sources. Economically disadvantaged rural communities (also known as small, impoverished communities for PDM) are eligible for an increase in cost share up to 90 percent federal/10 percent non-federal. FEMA will provide 100 percent federal funding for management costs. Please refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunitiesy posted on www.Grants.gov.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Please refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Please refer to the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted on www.Grants.gov. Assistance will be awarded or released dependent on the selected project and based on project need. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity posted on www.Grants.gov. Assistance will be awarded or released dependent on the selected project and based on project need. See Regional Agency Offices. See https://www.fema.gov/fema-regional-contacts for the list of addresses of Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Offices Angela Gladwell
400 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20472 US
Angela.Gladwell@fema.dhs.gov
Phone: 202-302-0038
Fax: (202) 646-2880 http://www.fema.dhs.gov/bric 70-0508-0-1-402 (Project Grants) FY 21$1,000,000,000.00; FY 22 est $2,295,000,000.00; FY 23 est $1,000,000,000.00; FY 20$500,000,000.00; FY 19$0.00; FY 18$50,000,000.00; - (Project Grants) FY 21$0.00; FY 22 est $153,922,408.00; FY 23 est $0.00; - Not applicable/available. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2020 Risk-informed planning and prioritization of mitigation needs.
Fiscal Year 2021 • Risk reduction activities that lessen the impact of disasters on infrastructure, people and property. • Risk-informed planning and prioritization of mitigation needs
Fiscal Year 2022 Risk reduction activities that lessen the impact of disasters on infrastructure, people, and property. • Risk-informed planning and prioritization of mitigation needs