Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 | DHS 18 MT 045 05 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 is a FEMA funding opportunity under the Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by building and sustaining strong partnerships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local entities. The main goal is to reduce flood losses and improve community resilience by expanding the capacity of partners to develop, maintain, and communicate high-quality flood risk data and tools. Through this program, FEMA supports work that helps NFIP State Coordinating Agencies and NFIP-participating communities keep up with their regulatory responsibilities while also improving the broader public and private sector ability to understand and mitigate flood risk.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA expects active involvement and coordination with recipients rather than a hands-off grant structure. The work supported by the CTP Program commonly aligns with FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program, which focuses on generating actionable flood risk information and encouraging risk-informed decision-making. A major emphasis is increasing local involvement and ownership of flood hazard and risk products, including Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and other flood risk datasets and deliverables. In practice, supported activities can include program management functions, technical flood risk analysis and mapping work, and efforts to communicate flood hazard data effectively to decision-makers and the public.

Eligibility is limited to qualified CTP partners, not the general public. To receive an award, an applicant must already be an official Cooperating Technical Partner with a signed Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. The applicant must also either be (or represent) an NFIP community in good standing or be a FEMA-approved nonprofit whose primary mission supports NFIP goals. FEMA expects applicants to already have established, non-federally funded processes or systems that support the collection, development, evaluation, dissemination, and communication of flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. Applicants must also demonstrate they can carry out the funded work, meet CTP performance metrics, and submit timely, accurate performance and progress reporting to FEMA. For mapping-related work, recipients may need to use FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP) and keep project activities updated at least every 30 days in the Studies Workflow, and more frequently when working under the Revisions Workflow.

A key feature of this opportunity is the expectation that prospective applicants coordinate with FEMA before applying. FEMA encourages partners to discuss regional priorities, objectives, and performance measures in advance, and to jointly identify specific tasks that will be included in the scope of work. FEMA may also provide non-monetary support such as technical assistance, training, or data to strengthen partner capability within the program's project categories. Any FEMA funds awarded are intended to complement, not replace, the partner's leveraged resources, expertise, and data contributions used to complete the agreed work.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity (CFDA 97.045) released June 1, 2018, with an original application deadline of July 2, 2018, and an anticipated eight awards. Eligible applicant types listed include state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education), along with other entities as clarified in the full eligibility text. Although an award ceiling is shown as 0 in the listing, the program description indicates FEMA provides financial assistance through cooperative agreements tied to negotiated tasks and approved statements of work, so actual funding levels are typically determined by FEMA priorities, project scope, and available appropriations.

Recipients that are selected must follow the requirements in the official announcement, the terms and conditions of the award, and the existing CTP Partnership Agreement. The specific work to be completed is governed by FEMA-approved documents such as a Statement of Work or a Mapping Activity Statement, which applicants obtain through the relevant FEMA Region or FEMA Headquarters. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at capable, already-engaged partners who can help produce and maintain credible flood risk information and translate that information into better planning, mitigation, and resilience outcomes for communities across FEMA Region 5.

• 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 5" 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 8 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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