Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 10 | DHS 19 MT 023 10 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) for Region 10 is a FEMA grant opportunity under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen how states support and oversee local floodplain management under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is to fund state-level work that helps communities participate effectively in the NFIP, improve compliance with NFIP requirements, and ultimately reduce flood losses by making sure floodplain management standards are understood, applied, and routinely evaluated.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which generally means FEMA expects an ongoing working relationship with the recipient rather than a hands-off, one-time award. The program centers on two main functions states carry out: (1) providing technical assistance to NFIP communities and (2) evaluating community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. In practical terms, technical assistance can include helping local officials interpret NFIP rules, improve local flood damage prevention ordinances, administer permitting in mapped flood hazard areas, use FEMA flood maps and elevation data correctly, and adopt better practices that reduce risk to buildings and infrastructure. The evaluation side typically involves state-led reviews or assessments of how well communities are implementing NFIP requirements, identifying gaps or weaknesses, and recommending corrective actions or improvements.

A key piece of the program is the role of the State Coordinating Agency, which is referenced in federal regulation at 44 CFR 60.25. Those regulations lay out the designation, duties, and responsibilities expected of the state entity that coordinates NFIP-related floodplain management support. The intent is to confirm that the state is committed to NFIP minimum floodplain management criteria and can demonstrate the capability and responsibility to carry out the support and oversight functions tied to the program. By reinforcing the states coordinating role, CAP-SSSE is meant to build durable floodplain management capacity at the state and community levels, ensuring communities have access to knowledgeable guidance and consistent program support rather than relying solely on federal staff.

For Region 10, the opportunity anticipates making about four awards. Eligible applicants are state governments and special district governments. The grant is listed under CFDA number 97.023 (a FEMA assistance listing associated with flood hazard mapping and risk analysis and related program support) and is categorized across several broad funding activity areas, including community development, disaster prevention and relief, environment, natural resources, and related technical and research-oriented fields. The opportunity was created on April 15, 2019, with an original closing date of May 15, 2019. The award ceiling is shown as 0 in the source data, which typically indicates that a specific maximum per award was not stated in that summary field and would need to be confirmed in the full notice or related FEMA program guidance.

Overall, CAP-SSSE is structured to help FEMA and states work together so that NFIP communities in Region 10 are better supported, more consistent in meeting federal floodplain management requirements, and more effective at reducing flood damage over time. The program also explicitly aims to leverage state knowledge of local conditions and relationships with communities, using that on-the-ground expertise to improve implementation quality and strengthen flood loss reduction outcomes across participating jurisdictions.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment, labor and training, environment, information and statistics, natural resources, regional development, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 10" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.023.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 15, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 15, 2019. (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 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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