Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 6 | DHS 20 MT 045 06 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 6 is a FEMA discretionary funding opportunity delivered through cooperative agreements to help strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by improving flood hazard identification, mapping, and risk communication. In practical terms, the program is designed to build and formalize working partnerships between FEMA and capable state, local, tribal, regional, and other organizations so that flood hazard data and flood maps are produced or updated more effectively, used more consistently in planning and decision-making, and ultimately translated into actions that reduce flood losses and improve community resilience.

This opportunity sits inside FEMA's broader Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) framework, which aims to provide credible, high-quality flood risk data that communities can understand and use. The core idea behind Risk MAP is that better data and clearer communication drive real-world outcomes: greater public awareness of flood hazards, stronger mitigation planning, and fewer deaths, injuries, and property losses over time. Through CTP partnerships, FEMA supports the development of flood hazard datasets and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), including for communities that may not have had modern risk identification before, while also improving and building upon existing mapping products so they remain technically credible and useful.

The FY 2020 emphasis for Risk MAP, which the Region 6 CTP awards are intended to support, focuses on four main priorities. First, FEMA wants to initiate new mapping and data projects in watersheds where flood risk is high and where existing hazard information is outdated or insufficient. Second, the program prioritizes integrating partner-developed data and other stakeholder data into mitigation planning and risk assessments, with the expectation that better integration will lead to clearer, more actionable mitigation strategies. Third, FEMA is explicitly aiming to spur community actions that reduce flood risk, meaning the work is not just about producing maps but about enabling safer building, smarter land use decisions, and better-informed preparedness and mitigation choices. Fourth, the program emphasizes coordination and cost-effectiveness by partnering across levels of government to maximize the impact of funds, align efforts, and reduce duplicative spending on similar mapping or risk assessment activities.

From a policy and mission standpoint, the CTP Program is positioned as a contributor to several higher-level federal priorities, including the DHS Quadrennial Homeland Security Review mission area of Strengthening National Preparedness and Resilience, FEMA's Strategic Plan goals related to building a culture of preparedness and readiness for catastrophic disasters, and the National Mitigation Investment Strategy connected to Presidential Policy Directive 8 on National Preparedness. The common thread across these strategies is that risk-informed planning and targeted mitigation investments are more effective when flood hazards are understood, communicated, and incorporated into community decisions, and the CTP model is meant to expand FEMA's capacity to do that through trusted partners.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 20 MT 045 06 01 and CFDA 97.045, with FEMA (within the Department of Homeland Security) as the awarding agency. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies substantial involvement by FEMA in guiding or coordinating project activities compared to a standard grant. The opportunity was created on March 2, 2020, with an original application deadline of May 1, 2020. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher education. For this Region 6 opportunity, FEMA anticipated making about 13 awards. The posted award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that a fixed maximum award amount was not specified in the summary fields and would need to be confirmed in the full announcement or negotiated based on project scope.

Overall, the Region 6 FY 2020 CTP opportunity is best understood as a partnership-driven pathway for producing and updating flood hazard data and maps, improving the technical credibility of flood risk information, and making sure that information is actively used to support mitigation planning and community-level risk reduction. It is not only about mapping for mapping's sake; it is structured to connect data development to decisions and outcomes, while also coordinating investments across federal, state, tribal, and local actors to get more value and less duplication from limited mitigation and mapping resources.

• 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 (FY) 2020 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 6" 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 Mar 02, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 01, 2020. (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 13 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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