Mitigation Grant Programs

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

HMGP provides grants to states, local and tribal governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster.

HMGP funds become available after most Federally-declared disasters, and are competitively awarded within the declared State. Preference is given to jurisdictions within the impacted areas; however, this does not exclude jurisdictions elsewhere in the State from applying.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Post Fire (HMGP Post Fire) 

The HMGP Post Fire grant program is available after a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declaration, within the state, has been made. Grant priority is given to fire projects within the affected counties. However, states, federally-recognized tribes and territories affected by fires resulting in an FMAG declaration on or after October 5, 2018, are eligible to apply.

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) 

The BRIC program guiding principles are supporting communities through capability - and capacity-building; encouraging and enabling innovation; promoting partnerships; enabling large projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency. It provides an opportunity to implement mitigation prior to a disaster. BRIC is an annual, nati​onally competitive program and funding is based on the previous year's nationwide disaster expenses.

Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) 

The purpose of the FMA grant program is to assist states, local and tribal governments reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The FMA Program is awarded annually (based on the Federal budget) and projects are reviewed and awarded at the national level.

Public Assistance Mitigation (406) 

Post-disaster hazard mitigation opportunities are available under Public Assistance (PA) Mitigation​. PA Mitigation funding is available to damaged public facilities and certain private non-profits after a Presidential disaster declaration. Funding is available for any eligible PA permanent work projects (Category C-G) when PA repair funds are made available through a non-competitive grant process. 

Damaged facilities due to disasters may be eligible for PA Mitigation (406) under Public Assistance.  

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, special district governments, state agencies, and federally recognized tribal governments.
• What is Funded: Capability & capacity building, mitigation projects, management costs.
• Award Range: $50,000,000 federal share
• Deadline: Annually, in the fall/winter
• Match Required: 25% from non-federal sources (10% for economically disadvantaged rural communities)
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Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, special district governments, state agencies, and federally recognized tribal governments.
• What is Funded: Capability & capacity building, mitigation projects such as defensible space, fuels reduction, and ignition-resistant building materials.
• Award Range: Varies based on FEMA disaster declaration
• Deadline: 12 months after declaration
• Match Required: 25% from non-federal source
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Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post-Fire

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, special district governments, state agencies, and federally recognized tribal governments.
• What is Funded: Capability & capacity building, mitigation projects including defensible space and post-wildfire flooding prevention.
• Award Range: Varies based on FEMA Fire Management Assistance Grant declaration
• Deadline: March 31 of the federal fiscal year following the FMAG declaration
• Match Required: 25% from non-federal source
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Community Wildfire Assistance Program – Fuels Focus

• Funding Entity: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Type of Funding: Grant and technical assistance
• Eligible Applicants: Local fire departments, counties, municipalities, universities, resource conservation districts, nonprofit groups.
• What is Funded: Hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire protection plans, wildland fire training.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Annually, in the fall
• Match Required: None but encouraged
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Community Wildfire Defense Grants – CWPP Development or Update

• Funding Entity: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Local and municipal governments, tribes, states, non-profit groups.
• What is Funded: Development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
• Award Range: Up to $250,000
• Deadline: Round 3 unknown
• Match Required: 10% non-federal match, may be waived for underserved communities and Tribes
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Community Wildfire Defense Grants – Implementation

• Funding Entity: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Local and municipal governments, tribes, states, non-profit groups.
• What is Funded: Implementation of projects from a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Projects can include wildfire prevention, hazardous fuels reduction, and more.
• Award Range: Up to $10 million
• Deadline: Round 3 unknown
• Match Required: 25% non-federal match, may be waived for underserved communities and Tribes
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

• Funding Entity: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Type of Funding: Financial and/or technical assistance
• Eligible Applicants: Agricultural producers, non-industrial private forest land owners, Indian Tribes, and others.
• What is Funded: Conservation practices addressing natural resource concerns like water and air quality, soil health, wildlife habitat, and drought mitigation.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: State-specific deadlines
• Match Required: Some landowner investment required
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Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

• Funding Entity: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Type of Funding: Financial and/or technical assistance
• Eligible Applicants: Individuals, legal entities, joint operations, or Indian Tribes managing land for agriculture or forestry.
• What is Funded: Compensation for agricultural and forest producers to increase conservation activities.
• Award Range: Up to $4,000
• Deadline: Varies annually
• Match Required: Some landowner investment required
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Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)

• Funding Entity: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Type of Funding: Financial assistance
• Eligible Applicants: State or local governments, American Indian Tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals.
• What is Funded: Innovative conservation projects, including pilot projects and field demonstrations.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies annually
• Match Required: 1:1 non-federal match
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Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program

• Funding Entity: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Type of Funding: Financial and/or technical assistance
• Eligible Applicants: Cities, counties, towns, conservation districts, federally recognized tribes.
• What is Funded: Watershed protection activities like debris removal, streambank protection, levee repairs, and more.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies
• Match Required: Up to 25%
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Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Fire Departments, Nonaffiliated EMS, State Fire Training Academies.
• What is Funded: Resources for training emergency personnel, PPE, emergency response vehicles, health and wellness programs.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies, first quarter of the calendar year
• Match Required: 15% non-federal match (exceptions apply)
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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Fire Departments, Volunteer Firefighter Organizations.
• What is Funded: Hiring new firefighters, retaining firefighters, recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies, first quarter of the calendar year
• Match Required: No match required
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Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Fire Departments
• What is Funded: Community risk reduction, wildfire risk reduction, code enforcement/awareness, fire and arson investigation, national/state/regional programs and projects.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies, first quarter of the calendar year
• Match Required: 5% non-federal match
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Research and Development (R&D)

• Funding Entity: FEMA
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: National, state, local, federally recognized tribal, and non-profit organizations (e.g., universities, research foundations, public safety institutes).
• What is Funded: Clinical studies, technology and product development, database system development, preliminary studies, and early career investigator projects.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies, first quarter of the calendar year
• Match Required: No match required
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Tribal Access to Emerging Private Markets for Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience

• Funding Entity: USDA Forest Service
• Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Villages, Tribal Organizations.
• What is Funded: Activities on non-industrial private forest land to support access to emerging private markets for forest resilience or climate mitigation. Includes forest management plans, thinning, prescribed burning, forest restoration work, and training.
• Award Range: Up to $2 million
• Deadline: August 21, 2024
• Match Required: No match required
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Forest Landowner Support

• Funding Entity: USDA Forest Service
• Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Small businesses, higher education institutions, tribal governments, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations.
• What is Funded: Participation of underserved forest landowners in private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience. Projects target forest landowners with less than 2,500 acres.
• Award Range: Up to $2 million
• Deadline: August 21, 2024
• Match Required: No match required
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Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid

• Funding Entity: Department of Energy (DOE)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: States, territories, federally recognized tribes, Alaska Native Corporations.
• What is Funded: Projects to strengthen and modernize power grids against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters, including fire-resistant technologies, undergrounding electrical equipment, vegetation management, and distributed energy resources.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: June 17, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET
• Match Required: 15% non-federal match
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Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program – Smart Grid Grant

• Funding Entity: Department of Energy (DOE)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Higher education institutions, for-profit entities, non-profits, state and local governmental entities, tribal nations.
• What is Funded: Projects to increase flexibility, efficiency, and reliability of electric power systems, prevent faults leading to wildfires, integrate renewable energy, and enhance grid capacity.
• Award Range: $10 to $50 million
• Deadline: Annual, until 2026
• Match Required: 50% non-federal match
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Rural Fire Capacity (RFC)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Fire departments or districts serving a community of 10,000 population or less, with at least 80% volunteer firefighting personnel.
• What is Funded: Wildland fire management and prevention activities such as training, equipping, and organizing rural fire departments.
• Award Range: Max $10,000 annually
• Deadline: Annually, in the winter
• Match Required: 50% non-federal match
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Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Fire departments, government organizations, public educational institutions, 501(c) non-profit organizations, Indian Tribes.
• What is Funded: On-the-ground projects to reduce hazardous vegetation for fire prevention, infrastructure protection, and forest and watershed restoration.
• Award Range: $60,000 to $500,000
• Deadline: June 28, 2024
• Match Required: 10% - 30% non-federal match
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Tree Resource and Enhancement (TREE)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Units of local government (counties, municipalities, cities, towns, and townships), tribal governments, public educational institutions.
• What is Funded: Tree planting, inventory, removal or pruning of hazardous trees, ordinance review, and training for volunteers and city/county employees to care for community forests.
• Award Range: $1,500 to $5,000
• Deadline: Annually, in the winter
• Match Required: 50% non-federal cost-share
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Invasive Plant Grant (IPG)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Units of local government, state agencies, tribal entities, non-profits, public educational institutions.
• What is Funded: Prevention, control, and eradication of non-native invasive/noxious plants encroaching into Arizona’s lands and waters.
• Award Range: $10,000 to $200,000
• Deadline: Spring
• Match Required: 10% - 50% non-federal match
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Community Challenge Grant (CCG)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Units of local government, tribal governments, non-profits with 501(c)3 status, public educational institutions.
• What is Funded: Projects that encourage citizen involvement to support long-term, sustainable urban and community forestry programs.
• Award Range: $15,000 to $50,000
• Deadline: Annually, in the winter
• Match Required: 50% (1:1) non-federal cost-share
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Livestock Operator Fire and Flood Assistance Grant Program (LOFFAP)

• Funding Entity: Arizona Department of Agriculture
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Livestock-operation landowners and lessees who own over forty animals of the same species and whose livestock-operation infrastructure was damaged due to a wildfire and associated flooding.
• What is Funded: Infrastructure repair on private lands or lands leased from the state or federal government to continue livestock operations.
• Award Range: Max $250,000
• Deadline: June 28, 2024
• Match Required: 50% non-federal match
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Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Fund Emergency and Mitigation Grant

• Funding Entity: Arizona State Parks and Trails
• Type of Funding: Reimbursement grant
• Eligible Applicants: Federal, state, county, local, and tribal governments, non-profits, clubs.
• What is Funded: Emergency trail repair, trail facility repair due to fire or weather damage, dust mitigation, vandalism repair, trash removal, and trail hazard mitigation.
• Award Range: $10,000 to $100,000
• Deadline: Unknown
• Match Required: No match required
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Heritage Partnership Program

• Funding Entity: Arizona Game and Fish
• Type of Funding: Reimbursement grant
• Eligible Applicants: Government agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations.
• What is Funded: Projects aimed at identification, inventory, acquisition, protection, and management of sensitive habitats, public access improvement, and urban wildlife conservation.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Annual
• Match Required: No match required
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Community Navigator Program Community Catalyst Fund

• Funding Entity: Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO)/USFS
• Type of Funding: Post-project reimbursement-based grant
• Eligible Applicants: Regional and local collaborative efforts, Fire Safe Councils, Nonprofit groups, Fire Departments, Conservation Districts, Tribal Authorities, City or county governments, Universities or Colleges.
• What is Funded: Capacity building (training and development, staffing), program delivery (piloting new or expanding existing programs), and knowledge as a tool (collecting stories, sharing resources).
• Award Range: $10,000 to $150,000
• Deadline: June 6, 2024
• Match Required: No match required
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AIM: Action, Implementation, and Mitigation

• Funding Entity: Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Conservation Districts, Regional and local collaborative efforts, Fire Safe Councils, Non-profits, Groups promoting hazardous forest fuel reduction, Fire Departments, Tribes, City or county governments.
• What is Funded: Wildfire risk reduction, including hiring contractors, running cost-share programs, defensible space, home assessments, and prescribed fire; capacity building, personnel, planning, and equipment under $5,000.
• Award Range: $10,000 to $75,000
• Deadline: Annually, before spring
• Match Required: 100% match required
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Community Wildfire Preparedness Day Grant

• Funding Entity: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and State Farm
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Homeowners, Nonprofit groups, Fire Departments, Community leaders.
• What is Funded: A wildfire risk reduction project specifically for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (the first Saturday in May).
• Award Range: $500
• Deadline: February each year
• Match Required: No match required
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Matching Awards Program (MAP) Connecting People to Forests

• Funding Entity: National Forest Foundation (NFF)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, Universities.
• What is Funded: Projects with community involvement and hands-on stewardship activities benefiting the National Forest System. Projects must focus on community engagement and stewardship.
• Award Range: $5,000 to $70,000 (suggested application amount $35,000 or less for new applicants)
• Deadline: June 21, 2024 (Round 2), Fall 2024 (Round 1 for 2025 projects)
• Match Required: 1:1 non-federal cash match required
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Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities (CCP)

• Funding Entity: National Forest Foundation (NFF)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Local government entities, Tribal governments and organizations, Colleges and Universities.
• What is Funded: Collaborative capacity elements or collaboration-based activities benefiting forests and grasslands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The funding does not support on-the-ground project implementation (e.g., restoration treatments, trail maintenance, invasive species control, hazardous fuels reduction).
• Award Range: $10,000 to $150,000 per award
• Deadline: July 12, 2024 (Round 2 for 2025)
• Match Required: No match required, but encouraged
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Western Big Game Seasonal Habitat and Migration Corridors Fund

• Funding Entity: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
• Type of Funding: Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Non-profit 501(c) organizations, U.S. Federal government agencies, state and local governments, Native Nations, and Indigenous-led organizations.
• What is Funded: Projects to restore degraded priority habitats, stopover areas, and migration corridors, including wildlife-friendly fencing, conservation easements, and proven actions to improve habitat quality for big game species.
• Award Range: Varies
• Deadline: Varies
• Match Required: 1:1 non-federal match required
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Globe Gear Giveaway

• Funding Entity: MSA Safety, DuPont Personal Protection, and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)
• Type of Funding: In-Kind
• Eligible Applicants: Fire departments must be over 50% volunteer, serve a population of 25,000 or less, be legally organized in the U.S. or Canada. The applicant or department chief must be an NVFC member.
• What is Funded: State-of-the-art turnout gear and helmets. In 2024, a total of 52 sets of gear and helmets will be awarded to 13 volunteer fire departments.
• Award Range: NA (In-kind equipment)
• Deadline: Annual; June 1, 2024
• Match Required: No match required
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Tribal Access to Emerging Private Markets for Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience

• Funding Entity: USDA Forest Service
• Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement Grant
• Eligible Applicants: Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Villages, Tribal Organizations.
• What is Funded: Activities on non-industrial private forest land to support access to emerging private markets for forest resilience or climate mitigation. Eligible activities include development of forest management plans, improved forest management (e.g., thinning, prescribed burning, forest restoration), establishing demonstration sites, and training foresters and technical assistance providers.
• Award Range: Up to $2 million
• Deadline: August 21, 2024
• Match Required: No match required
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