Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 | DHS 16 MT 045 05 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 is a FEMA funding opportunity designed to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by building practical, long-term partnerships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local entities. The central idea is to improve how flood risk is identified, mapped, communicated, and ultimately managed, so communities can reduce flood losses and become more resilient over time. Rather than treating flood mapping and risk work as a purely federal function, the CTP program emphasizes shared ownership and stronger local involvement in creating and maintaining flood hazard data and the official products that communities rely on for regulation, planning, and insurance.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement through the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, under CFDA 97.045. The program aligns closely with FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) goals, meaning it is not only about producing Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), but also about improving the broader ecosystem of flood risk data, analysis, and communication products that support mitigation decisions. Funded work can include program management activities, technical risk analysis and mapping tasks, and efforts to communicate flood hazard and risk information to communities and stakeholders. The intent is to support NFIP State Coordinating Agencies and NFIP-participating communities in continuing their regulatory responsibilities while also expanding the overall capacity of states, communities, and even the public and private sectors to reduce risk.

Eligibility is limited to qualified partners that are already part of the CTP program. To receive an award, an applicant must have a signed Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. In addition, the recipient must either be (or represent) an NFIP community in good standing, or be a FEMA-approved nonprofit whose primary mission supports NFIP goals and objectives. FEMA also expects applicants to bring real capacity to the table: they must already have non-federally funded processes or systems that support the collection, development, evaluation, dissemination, and communication of flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. Beyond having baseline systems, the applicant must demonstrate the capability to perform the proposed work, meet CTP performance metrics, and provide timely, accurate performance reporting to FEMA.

The opportunity also stresses coordination with FEMA before submitting an application. CTPs are expected to work with FEMA in advance to understand FEMA priorities, objectives, and measures, and to narrow down the specific tasks that will be undertaken. FEMA may support partners not just with funding, but also with technical assistance, training, and data, depending on the project categories involved. Importantly, FEMA frames its funding as additive: cooperative agreement dollars are intended to supplement, not replace, the leveraged resources, staff time, and data that CTPs may contribute to complete agreed-upon tasks.

If selected, recipients must follow the requirements in the funding announcement and the award's terms and conditions, as well as comply with their existing Partnership Agreement and the FEMA-approved Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement. Where applicable, partners must also use FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP) to manage and document work. That includes updating activities within the MIP at least every 30 days in the Studies Workflow, and more frequently in the Revisions Workflow, ensuring FEMA has ongoing visibility into progress and deliverables.

Key administrative details from the source information include the funding opportunity number DHS 16 MT 045 05 01, an original closing date of June 10, 2016, and an expectation of approximately eight awards. Eligible applicant types listed include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; and qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits (outside of higher education), as well as other entities, but only to the extent they meet the CTP-specific requirement of having an active FEMA partnership agreement and the other program qualifications. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that the maximum award amount is not specified in the public synopsis and may depend on FEMA priorities, available funds, and the scope of proposed, FEMA-approved work in Region 5.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5" 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 2016-03-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-06-10. (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 8 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, Others.

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