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Promoting Resilience Through Mitigation Practices
- 1. PROMOTING RESILIENCE THROUGH PROMISING MITIGATION PRACTICES Gemma Fabris, CFM CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Jessica Stimson, CFM RI Emergency Management Agency
- 2. HAZARD MITIGATION • Any action taken to reduce to eliminate long term risk to people and property from natural disasters. • Encourages actions that are long-term cost-effective, and environmentally sound.
- 3. ALL TOO FAMILIAR We may not be able to change the reality but the culture is worth changing.
- 4. FUNDING OPTIONS ANNUALLY Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) POST DISASTER Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) SUB-APPLICANT PDM FMA HMGP State Agencies X X X Local Government X X X Tribal Government X X X Private Non- X
- 5. COST SHARE CASH OPTIONS • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) • Local, State or Private payments IN-KIND MATCH EXAMPLES • Meetings • Equipment • Materials GRANT PROGRAM FED/ NON-FED SHARE 75/2 5 90/1 0 100/ 0 PDM X FMA X X X HMGP X
- 6. HOW IT WORKS STEP 1: Determine project eligibility. HINT: Call me! STEP 2: Adhere to application requirements and submit accordingly. CONGRATULATIO NS! STEP 3: Eligible Project + Strong Sub-Application + Sufficient Funding = Federal Award
- 7. DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?
- 8. PUBLIC OUTREACH SUB-RECIPIENT Town of Bristol GRANT PROGRAM HMGP DR-1894 (2010 Floods) TOTAL PROJECT AWARD $25,000 EXCERPT FROM SUB-APPLICATION “Town will undertake an education outreach and advertising campaign to provide information…”
- 9. BACKFLOW VALVE PREVENTERS SUB-RECIPIENT City of Warwick/ Warwick Sewer Authority GRANT PROGRAM HMGP DR-4027 (Tropical Storm Irene) TOTAL PROJECT AWARD $39,553 EXCERPT FROM SUB-APPLICATION “Prevent sewer back ups into residential structures in targeted areas…”
- 10. CULVERT INSTALLATION AND ROAD ELEVATION SUB-RECIPIENT Town of Coventry GRANT PROGRAM HMGP DR-1894 (2010 Floods) TOTAL PROJECT AWARD $43,078 EXCERPT FROM SUB-APPLICATION “Once Club House Road is impassable the 124 home neighborhood has no other street access and can only be accessed by boat.”
- 11. MITIGATION PLANNING OF 40 TOTAL POSSIBLE RI PLANS • 18 Approved (Green) • 6 Draft Plan (Yellow) • 16 Expired (Red) EVEN MORE REASONS TO PLAN… • Required for hazard mitigation project funding • Pre-identified priority for the State Interagency Hazard Mitigation Committee • Typical award range from $20,000 - $50,000 federal share.
- 12. Deputy State Hazard Mitigation Officer CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection gemma.fabris@ct.gov GEMMA FABRIS State Hazard Mitigation Officer Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency jessica.stimson@ema.ri.gov JESSICA STIMSON