Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4 | DHS 18 MT 045 04 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4 opportunity is a FEMA (Department of Homeland Security) funding notice designed to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by building and sustaining practical working partnerships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local entities. The core idea is to reduce flood losses and improve community resilience by improving the quality, usefulness, and local ownership of flood hazard data and flood risk products. Through this program, FEMA supports partners who help communities meet their ongoing NFIP responsibilities and who can also push flood risk reduction forward through better mapping, risk analysis, and risk communication aligned with FEMA's broader Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) goals.

Funding under this announcement is provided as a cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA expects substantial coordination with the recipient during the period of performance rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The supported work can cover a range of activities typically grouped into program management functions, technical flood risk analysis and mapping work (including efforts tied to Flood Insurance Rate Maps, or FIRMs), and public-facing communication of flood hazards and risk information. A key emphasis is enhancing the existing capability of qualified partners so they can take a more active role in developing, maintaining, and updating flood risk data and related products, which in turn supports communities, the public sector, and private stakeholders in mitigating flood risk.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are already recognized as Cooperating Technical Partners. To qualify for funding, an applicant must have a signed CTP Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. In addition, the recipient must either be (or represent) an NFIP community in good standing, or be a FEMA-approved nonprofit whose primary mission supports NFIP goals and objectives. Applicants also need to show they already have non-federally funded processes or systems in place to collect, develop, evaluate, disseminate, and communicate flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. Beyond simply being eligible on paper, FEMA expects applicants to demonstrate real capacity to deliver: the ability to carry out the funded activities, meet CTP performance metrics, and provide timely and accurate performance and achievement reporting to FEMA.

For mapping-related projects, FEMA also expects partners, when applicable, to use the Mapping Information Platform (MIP) and to keep project activities current within that system. The notice highlights a minimum update cadence of every 30 days within the Studies Workflow, with more frequent updates expected within the Revisions Workflow. Operationally, FEMA also makes clear that applicants should coordinate with FEMA before applying to understand FEMA priorities, objectives, and performance measures, and to define the specific tasks the partner will undertake. FEMA may provide technical assistance, training, and data to support partner execution in the relevant project categories, but federal funds are intended to supplement, not replace, leveraged resources and data that the CTP brings to the table.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as discretionary funding with a cooperative agreement instrument type, under CFDA 97.045. Eligible applicant types include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; and qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), along with other entities as allowed under the additional eligibility clarifications. The opportunity was created June 1, 2018, with an original closing date of July 2, 2018. FEMA anticipated making around 11 awards for this Region 4 cycle. The posting lists an award ceiling of 0, which generally signals that a fixed maximum amount was not specified in the public synopsis and that award sizes would be determined based on FEMA priorities, available funding, and the scope of proposed work.

Awardees are expected to follow all requirements in the funding announcement, the terms and conditions of the cooperative agreement, and the governing CTP Partnership Agreement, including the associated FEMA-approved Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement. In practical terms, this means performance is tightly tied to agreed deliverables, FEMA program measures, required reporting, and FEMA oversight processes intended to ensure the work directly advances NFIP effectiveness and Risk MAP outcomes.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4" 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 Jun 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (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 11 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, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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