HQ Fiscal Year 2024 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program | DHS 24 MT 045 00 99

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The HQ Fiscal Year 2024 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program is a FEMA discretionary funding opportunity issued under the Department of Homeland Security that supports FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Flood Hazard Mapping Program. The central purpose is to help communities become more flood-resilient, with an explicit emphasis on improving outcomes for underserved communities. In practical terms, the program is designed to strengthen partnerships between FEMA and qualified local, state, tribal, academic, and certain nonprofit entities so flood hazard identification and flood risk information are produced accurately, delivered on time, and actually used by communities to reduce risk.

The program works by establishing and improving collaborative working relationships that can carry flood mapping and risk assessment efforts from planning through delivery and local adoption. A key theme is "program ownership" at the community level, meaning communities are not just receiving flood products, but are engaged in validating data, understanding results, and applying the information to resilience decisions. The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates FEMA expects substantial involvement during the period of performance (for example, coordination, technical guidance, and ongoing engagement) rather than a hands-off grant relationship.

The stated objectives focus on four main areas. First, the program prioritizes extensive stakeholder engagement across the full project lifecycle so that stakeholders can access, review, validate, and use flood hazard data and risk information. FEMA highlights that stakeholders typically include community and tribal leaders, business and property owners, regional partners, tribal and state partners, and local elected officials. Second, CTP aims to improve communities' ability to make informed development and planning decisions by ensuring updated flood information is delivered in a timely way and within budget, so local governments and partners can rely on current data rather than outdated studies. Third, the program seeks to increase acceptance and use of flood hazard and risk products by emphasizing high-quality deliverables that communities can trust and integrate into mitigation planning, development decisions, and other risk reduction actions. Fourth, CTP seeks to raise understanding of flood hazards and risk elements through training and engagement, with the idea that better-informed partners create stronger working relationships between CTPs and their communities, and between FEMA and the CTPs themselves.

Eligible applicants span a wide range of public and certain nonprofit and educational organizations, including county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than institutions of higher education. The opportunity falls under CFDA number 97.045 and is categorized under Disaster Prevention and Relief and Natural Resources. FEMA anticipated making about 10 awards under this notice. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that a specific maximum dollar cap is not provided in the public synopsis and applicants should rely on the full notice and FEMA guidance for budgeting expectations and any constraints.

Applications were to be submitted through FEMA's Grants Outcomes (GO) system at https://go.fema.gov/. The opportunity number is DHS 24 MT 045 00 99, the original closing date was July 19, 2024, and the notice creation date was June 12, 2024. Overall, this program is best understood as a mechanism for FEMA to partner with capable technical entities so flood mapping and risk assessment products are not only produced, but also vetted with local stakeholders and translated into real-world decisions that reduce flood losses and strengthen long-term community resilience.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "HQ Fiscal Year 2024 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program" 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 2024-06-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-19. (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 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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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