FY17 Pre-Disaster Mitigation

Agency: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA

97.047 -- Pre-Disaster Mitigation

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program makes available Federal funds to State, Local and Tribal Governments to implement and sustain cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding from future disasters. FEMA will provide allocations of $575,000 as required by the Stafford Act to states and territories; and a tribal set aside of $10 million for allocations up to $575,000 for Native American Indian tribal governments to support overall mitigation planning and projects. The remaining PDM funds...

will be awarded on a competitive basis with a focus on multi-state/tribal mitigation initiatives. Applicants must submit applications via the Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants Portal: https://portal.fema.gov. Applicants may submit a maximum of 9 project sub-applications notwithstanding any project(s) submitted for the state/territory allocation or tribal set aside. In addition, any state or tribe willing to serve as the applicant for a multi-state or tribal activity may submit one additional plan or project subapplication.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

State governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

District of Columbia; U.S. Territories. Local governments must apply through their state.

Grantor contact information

Description

Mitigation eGrants System Helpdesk Phone: 1-855-228-3362

Email

MTeGrants@fema.dhs.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
FY_2017_PDM_NOFO_FINAL.pdf	FY 2017 PDM NOFO	Jul 10, 2017 03:53 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: December 14, 2017

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$90,000,000

Program Funding

250

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$15,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

DHS-17-MT-047-000-99

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5133), Section 203 authorizes FEMA to make grants for the purpose of implementing a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program to reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding from future disasters.

History

Version:

Posted date:

July 10, 2017

Archive date:

December 14, 2017