A deadline is approaching for communities and Tribal nations to receive free FEMA help with hazard mitigation planning and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) project support.
Communities and Tribal nations that lack resources to begin climate resilience planning and designing projects have until Feb. 29, 2024, to submit forms to request BRIC Direct Technical Assistance.
FEMA provides BRIC Direct Technical Assistance which is tailored support to communities and Tribal nations through a range of activities and from pre-application to grant closeout. FEMA will engage with each selected community for up to 36 months to further explore and better understand their specific requests for technical assistance.
There is no requirement for a previous BRIC grant sub-application or award, or a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan, to be considered for selection. Project types from past BRIC DTA requests include:
- General support in the areas of grants management, project scoping and hazard mitigation planning
- Technical assistance and evaluation for climate risk assessment and nature-based solutions projects
- Natural hazards project scoping activities such as for flooding, drought, fire, typhoon and erosion.
Interested communities and Tribal nations are asked to submit a BRIC Direct Technical Assistance Request Form to fema-bric-dta-submission@fema.dhs.gov to be considered for this cycle of selections to be announced later this summer. FEMA will be selecting up to 80 communities and Tribal nations to receive direct technical assistance.
FEMA’s fiscal year 2023 BRIC Notice of Funding Opportunity requires that communities and Tribal nations requesting assistance for BRIC Direct Technical Assistance identify at least two ongoing or potential community partners in the request form.
To learn more about BRIC Direct Technical Assistance visit FEMA.gov or contact FEMA Region 4 External Affairs at fema-r4-stakeholder-relations@fema.dhs.gov.
