Priorities

• Priorities include:
  • Support seismic mitigation planning.
  • Prepare inventories and conduct seismic vulnerability evaluations and safety inspections of buildings, critical structures, and lifeline infrastructure.
  • Update building codes, zoning codes, and ordinances to enhance seismic safety.

• Increase earthquake awareness and education.
• Participation in emergency management exercises that substantially benefit earthquake mitigation efforts.
• Promotion of earthquake insurance.
• National Earthquake Program Managers (NEPM) meeting participation and support.
• National Earthquake Program Managers (NEPM) meeting participation and support.
• Assistance to multi-state groups for the purpose of supporting any or all allowable activities under this funding opportunity.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 2,094,650
  • Award Ceiling: $963,000
  • Award Floor: $50,000

Duration

• Projected Period of Performance Start Date: October 1, 2025
• Projected Period of Performance End Date: March 31, 2027

Eligibility Criteria

• Only the following entities or entity types are eligible to apply.
  • Applicants
    • This funding opportunity is available to states and territories classified as having a high or very high risk of earthquakes. FEMA determines and publishes this classification annually in the State Assistance Target Allocation Plan.
    • A state or territory is classified as having a high risk of earthquakes if it meets one of the following criteria:
    • It has areas designated as SDC-D or above on the 2024 IBC SDC map and an at-risk population exceeding 50,000 based on the 2020 U.S. Census population, or
    • It covers over 1,000 square miles of high seismic risk area (SDC D or above as per the 2024 IBC SDC map).
    • Such states will be eligible for baseline funding plus an additional risk-based award. Applicants should note that changes in earthquake hazard areas and population size within the state can impact this determination. The additional amount is based on the state's Annualized Earthquake Loss as outlined in FEMA P-366, which details HAZUS Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States.
    • Participation in this funding opportunity is limited to states and territories that can provide a statutory non-federal cost share of 25%. However, the cost share requirement does not apply to territories classified as "Insular Areas," such as the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are still eligible to participate in the program.
  • Sub applicants
    • Sub applicants and subawards are allowed.
      • It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.
      • Tribes and Tribal Nations are an example of a subrecipient. Subaward recipients are subject to the same conditions of the award as the pass-through entity.
      • Sub applicants should not have foreign nationals or noncitizens included. If a sub applicant has foreign nationals, they must be properly vetted and must adhere to all government statues, polices, and procedures including “staff American, stay in America” and security requirements.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.

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