Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 9 | DHS 18 MT 045 09 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 9 opportunity is a FEMA grant and cooperative agreement program under the Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The basic idea is to build and formalize working partnerships between FEMA and capable State, Tribal, regional, and local entities so flood risk information is developed, maintained, and communicated more effectively. By improving the quality and local ownership of flood risk data and tools, the program ultimately aims to reduce flood losses and support long-term community resilience, while also helping NFIP-participating communities keep up with their ongoing regulatory responsibilities under NFIP rules.

This opportunity focuses on work that supports FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program and the broader NFIP mission. Funded activities can include program management tasks, technical flood risk analysis, flood hazard mapping, and efforts to communicate flood risk information to the public and decision-makers. A major emphasis is on flood risk data and products such as Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related datasets that communities rely on for floodplain management, mitigation planning, and insurance rating. FEMA also notes that the program is meant to enhance the existing capability of partners, meaning applicants are expected to already have systems and processes in place and to use federal support to scale up or improve that work rather than start from scratch.

Eligibility is limited and tied directly to CTP status. Only qualified Cooperating Technical Partners can receive awards, which means the recipient must have a signed CTP 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. Applicants also need to show that they already operate non-federally funded processes or systems that support collecting, developing, evaluating, disseminating, and communicating flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. Beyond that baseline capacity, FEMA expects partners to demonstrate they can actually carry out the proposed work, meet CTP performance metrics, and provide timely, accurate performance reporting. Where applicable, recipients must also agree to complete mapping-related work in FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP) and keep activities updated at least every 30 days for the Studies workflow (and more frequently for the Revisions workflow).

The program is structured so applicants are expected to coordinate with FEMA before submitting an application. That pre-application coordination is intended to align proposed tasks with FEMA priorities, objectives, and performance measures, and to clarify what work will be funded. FEMA may also provide non-monetary support such as technical assistance, training, and data to help partners execute projects within the program categories. Importantly, FEMA frames federal funding as additive: awarded funds are meant to supplement, not replace, the partner's own leveraged resources, data, and capacity that they bring to the project.

If selected for an award, the recipient must comply with several layers of requirements: the public funding announcement, the specific terms and conditions of the award, the existing CTP Partnership Agreement, and the FEMA-approved scope documents (such as a Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement). FEMA indicates that these templates and required formats can be obtained through the granting organization, either the FEMA Region or FEMA Headquarters, which underscores that the work is managed within FEMA's established mapping and risk communication framework rather than being an open-ended research grant.

Administratively, this opportunity is listed as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, reflecting FEMA's expectation of ongoing federal involvement and coordination during project execution. It is published under CFDA 97.045, with eligible applicant types including state governments, counties, cities or townships, special districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, and qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits, plus other entities as clarified by FEMA. The posting was created June 1, 2018, with an original closing date of July 2, 2018. FEMA anticipated making about seven awards. The award ceiling is shown as 0 in the listing, which typically signals that a specific per-award maximum was not stated in the summary and would need to be confirmed in the full announcement or through FEMA during pre-application coordination.

Overall, the Region 9 CTP Program opportunity is best understood as a partnership-driven vehicle for improving flood hazard mapping and risk products, strengthening local and state capability to manage and communicate flood risk, and ensuring NFIP communities have better tools to support mitigation and compliance. It is not a general open competition for new entrants; it is aimed at established CTP partners that can demonstrate both technical competence and the operational discipline to work within FEMA platforms, performance metrics, and reporting timelines.

• The Department of Homeland Security, 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) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 9" 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 Jun 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (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 7 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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