Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (FMA Swift Current) | DHS 22 MT 029 000 99

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Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (FMA Swift Current) is a FEMA grant opportunity under the Department of Homeland Security focused on reducing ongoing flood losses in communities where properties have been repeatedly damaged and are insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose of the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program is to provide federal funding that helps lessen or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures, especially where insurance claims have shown a clear pattern of recurring loss. In practical terms, the program is aimed at supporting mitigation actions that meaningfully lower future flood impacts, reduce repeated insurance payouts, and improve long-term resilience for households and communities that are stuck in a cycle of flooding and rebuilding.

This FY22 version is branded "Swift Current" because it is intended to deliver FMA mitigation resources in a way that better matches the disaster survivor experience, meaning the funding is positioned to move in closer connection to major flood events and the urgent need to reduce the chance of the same properties being damaged again. Rather than being broadly available nationwide in this limited iteration, the FY22 Swift Current effort restricts eligibility and funding availability to four specific states: Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi. FEMA structured it this way both because the available funding was limited and because a smaller rollout across four states (each in a different FEMA region) creates a manageable pilot-like approach that can generate lessons learned for improving and expanding Swift Current in future years.

The selection of these four states is directly tied to Hurricane Ida and the Remnants of Hurricane Ida. Each of the four received major disaster declarations related to that event, and FEMA then narrowed the Swift Current focus to the states that, within their respective FEMA regions, had the highest concentrations of unmitigated severe repetitive loss (SRL) and repetitive loss (RL) properties that are insured under the NFIP, along with the highest total claim counts. In other words, FEMA targeted the places where the data most strongly showed repeated flood claims and a large inventory of insured structures that had not yet been mitigated, making them high-impact candidates for mitigation investment.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant opportunity (not a formula entitlement), with FEMA as the awarding component within DHS. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is Disaster Prevention and Relief. The opportunity is tied to CFDA number 97.029, which corresponds to FEMA mitigation assistance programming. Eligible applicants are listed as state governments, reflecting that states are the direct applicants for this particular announcement, and they would typically serve as the pass-through entities that coordinate, prioritize, and submit eligible local or community mitigation projects consistent with the program rules. FEMA anticipated making four awards, which aligns with the four eligible states identified for this limited FY22 implementation. The original application closing date was October 3, 2022, and the opportunity was created on March 21, 2022. The posted award ceiling is shown as 0, which often indicates that the ceiling amount is not specified in the summary field and may instead be addressed in the full funding notice or depend on allocations, project eligibility, and available appropriations.

Overall, the FY22 FMA Swift Current opportunity is best understood as a targeted, event-informed mitigation funding push aimed at breaking the cycle of repeat flood losses in four heavily impacted states after Hurricane Ida. It uses NFIP claims history, especially SRL and RL patterns, to steer limited funds toward places where mitigation is most likely to prevent future damage, reduce repeated insurance claims, and improve recovery outcomes for survivors who would otherwise face flooding again and again.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (FMA Swift Current)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.029.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 21, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 03, 2022. (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 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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