Community Assistance Program State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE)

Program objective

​​The goal of the CAP-SSSE program is to empower National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Coordinating Agencies to own, manage, and reduce risk and avoid losses from flood events through support to flood prone and NFIP participating communities within their states or territories. ​ To further this goal, the program will pursue the following objectives: - Enable state and territory programs to assist communities with NFIP compliance, administration, and enforcement of floodplain management standards, including adopting updated flood risk data and responding effectively to disasters. - Enable state and territory programs to increase local stakeholders’ capability and capacity for effective floodplain management. - Inform state and territory best practices for floodplain management activities. FEMA’s Floodplain Management program monitors performance through four program measures to which NFIP Coordinating Agencies are required to set and meet targets. “Expected” targets reflect anticipated achievement, while “Excellence” targets reflect exceeding expectations. The performance measures include: - Map Adoption. Grantees must meet the national “Expected” metric of at least 93% map adoptions for those participating communities that receive Letters of Final Determination (LFDs) in their state or territory. A national “Excellence” target of 97% is in place. - Community Engagement. Grantees must have contact with a designated percentage of the communities in their state or territory by community audits, General Technical Assistance, Regulation Assistance, or Workshops. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the percentage of communities that will be engaged during the Period of Performance. - Higher Standards Adoption. Grantees must commit to a designated number of communities that will adopt higher floodplain management standards (i.e., standards that are more stringent than those required by the NFIP) as a result of the state or territory’s efforts. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the number of communities adopting a higher standard during the Period of Performance. A national Excellence target of 75% is in place. - Community Compliance Improvement. Grantees must commit to a designated number of communities in which they will conduct community audits, opening new and closing existing community audits. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the number of audits that will be conducted and closed during the Period of Performance. Annual targets will be documented in the SOW and will roll-up into the five-Period of Performance compliance tracking period.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

• ✓U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• ✓Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
• ✓U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• ✓Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government

Designated NFIP Coordinating Agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and territories are eligible to apply for funding under this funding opportunity. Collectively, they are referred to as “grantees.” NFIP Coordinating Agencies are designated by statute or Governor’s declaration as a “State Coordinating Agency” as described in 44 C.F.R. § 59.1 and § 60.25. Applicants are required to have a valid Tiered State Framework Assessment to apply for the grant. There is a minimum 25% non-federal cost match required for all recipients of CAP-SSSE funds (excluding insular areas) with no restrictions on the types of costs allowed (e.g., in-kind contribution). Applicants are allowed, encouraged, and incentivized through the TSF Assessment to voluntarily match beyond the minimum 25% non-federal cost match. Exceptions to the cost share requirement include “insular areas” per Public Law 96-205, title VI, section 601, March 12,1980, as amended (also noted in 48 U.S.C. § 1469a) and Office of Management and Budget Controller Alert CA-23-04 Waiving Matching Fund Requirements for Insular Areas. The four insular areas are the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Insular area applicants can propose a voluntary cost share. The recipient contribution is calculated based on the federal contribution as: percent of recipient contribution multiplied by the value of the federal contribution in U.S. dollars. For example, this cooperative agreement requires a 25% cost match. If the federal contribution is $100,000, the recipient contribution is calculated as (0.25) X $100,000 = $25,000. The grant is then made up of $100,000 (federal funding) and $25,000 (state cost match) for a total = $125,000.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

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