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Current Funding Opportunities

FEMA has opened the application period for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program and the new Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program. View the current Funding Opportunities NOFO.

The application period for BRIC/FMA 2023 and HMGP opened on October 16, 2023. Eligible applicants/subapplicants must apply for funding using the new FEMA Grants Outcome (FEMA GO) which is now the management system for FMA and BRIC. Please contact Zachary Krug, Hazard Mitigation Section Manager at Zachary.krug@illinois.gov for more information. 

Resources

FEMA Guidance Documents

BCA Documents

Notice of Funding (NOFO) for Safeguarding Tomorrow through On-going Risk Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund (Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the Fiscal Year 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Safeguarding Tomorrow through On-going Risk Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund (Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF).  There is $150 million available in this round of funding. 

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency – Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is seeking proposed projects from communities who may wish to use low-interest loans to implement hazard mitigation projects.

Notice of Funding (NOFO) for the Flood Mitigation Assistance – Swift Current Grant Program (FMA-SC)

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) will begin accepting applications for this Notice of Funding (NOFO) for the Flood Mitigation Assistance – Swift Current Grant Program (FMA-SC) on Friday, December 15, 2023 from state, local, tribal and territorial governments located throughout Illinois.

Swift Current funds Individual Flood Mitigation Projects for Flood Mitigation Assistance and/or NFIP-defined Repetitive Loss (RL), Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL), or properties deemed Substantially Damaged after the applicant’s disaster declaration date.

Eligible Individual Flood Mitigation Projects include the following project types which may be referenced in the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide:

  • Property acquisition and structure demolition/relocation
  • Structure elevations
  • Dry floodproofing of historic residential structures or non-residential structures
  • Non-structural retrofitting of existing structures and facilities
  • Mitigation reconstruction
  • Structural retrofitting of existing structures 

All sub applicants must complete an application in the e-grants portal by Close of Business, Friday, February 16, 2024.

Please review attached documents. If you have any questions, please contact Zachary Krug, the Hazard Mitigation Section Manager at Zachary.krug@illinois.gov or 217-524-6513.

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) will begin accepting pre-applications for this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) on Friday, March 15th, 2024 from state, local, tribal and territorial governments located in Illinois.

The deadline to submit a pre-application is Friday, May 17, 2024.  The pre-applications can be found on the IEMA-OHS Mitigation website.

The completed pre-application form will be returned to IEMA-OHS and begin your application process for these funding opportunities.

  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant funding is available as a result of the DR 4728/4749-Declarations.
  • For the HMGP Grant Program please refer to FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance. 
  • The FEMA application period is currently open, and closes Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at 2 P.M. CT for DR-4728 and Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 at 2 P.M. CT for DR-4749. FEMA encourages thoroughly reviewing the NOFO before applying, as they provide detailed program information and other grant application and administration requirements.