Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 8 | DHS 21 MT 045 08 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 8 is a FEMA grant opportunity designed to strengthen and improve how the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) works by building deeper, more capable partnerships with state, tribal, regional, and local organizations. Through cooperative agreements, FEMA funds partners to help identify flood hazards, improve the quality and credibility of flood risk data, and translate that information into practical actions that reduce flood losses and support long-term community resilience. In plain terms, the program is about making flood mapping and flood risk communication more accurate, more useful, and more connected to real mitigation decisions on the ground.

This opportunity sits within a larger federal strategy framework. It directly supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Strategic Plan for 2020-2024, specifically the goal of strengthening national preparedness and resilience. It also aligns with FEMA priorities and broader national policy around preparedness, including the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (which emphasizes smart, cost-effective investments that reduce disaster impacts) and Presidential Policy Directive 8 on National Preparedness. FEMA links the program to its strategic goals of building a culture of preparedness and readying the nation for catastrophic disasters, reflecting the idea that reliable flood risk information and coordinated planning are foundational to preventing avoidable damage and disruption.

A major focus of the CTP Program is supporting FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) objectives for FY 2021. Risk MAP is FEMA's approach to improving flood hazard data (including flood insurance rate maps and related datasets) while also increasing community engagement and turning technical flood information into decisions that reduce risk. Under the FY 2021 approach described in the notice, FEMA emphasizes initiating new work in watersheds where flood risk is high and existing hazard data needs significant updates. The program also prioritizes integrating partner-developed datasets and information from other stakeholders into mitigation planning and risk assessments, so that communities can develop actionable mitigation strategies based on the best available information. Another key aim is to generate and support local actions that reduce flood risk, not just produce maps or studies. Finally, FEMA highlights coordination and cost-efficiency: partnering is intended to stretch dollars at the local, state, and federal levels and reduce duplication of effort so that investments complement each other rather than overlap.

The grant is offered as a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement structure, meaning FEMA expects to remain substantially involved in the project work, technical direction, and outcomes. The funding activity categories listed are disaster prevention and relief and natural resources, and the program is tied to CFDA number 97.045 (now commonly referenced under the Assistance Listings system). The total potential funding is significant, with an award ceiling of $31,300,000 and an estimated 22 awards anticipated for this cycle, indicating FEMA expected to fund multiple partners and projects across the region rather than a single large recipient.

Eligibility is broad and geared toward public-serving entities and institutions that can contribute technical capacity or local knowledge. Eligible applicants include state governments; county and 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 qualifying nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions under that nonprofit category). This mix reflects the program's partnership model, where flood risk data development, mapping, planning integration, and community engagement often require coordinated participation across multiple types of organizations.

Administratively, the opportunity was issued by the Department of Homeland Security through FEMA, with a creation date of March 31, 2021, and an original application closing date of May 31, 2021. The opportunity is identified as DHS 21 MT 045 08 01, and it is specifically labeled for Region 8, which generally corresponds to FEMA's Region 8 footprint in the Rocky Mountain area. Overall, the program is best understood as a pathway for FEMA and regional partners to jointly modernize flood hazard information, improve how flood risk is communicated and used, and drive concrete mitigation actions that lower losses and strengthen resilience in communities facing flood hazards.

• 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) 2021 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 8" 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 Mar 31, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 31, 2021. (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 $31,300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 22 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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