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Opportunity Summary:

The Earthquake Hazards Reduction State Assistance Program is a FEMA Region 7 (DHS) discretionary funding opportunity that supports state-level efforts to reduce earthquake risk in areas with high seismic hazards. The program is structured to help a state build or strengthen a comprehensive earthquake hazards reduction program by funding practical activities that lower potential losses, improve readiness, and increase public understanding of earthquake risks. The award is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA may have an ongoing role in coordination or oversight as the work is carried out. For this specific posting, FEMA anticipated one award with an estimated total funding amount of $62,278, and the opportunity did not require cost sharing or a matching contribution.

The core emphasis of the grant is mitigation, broadly defined as actions that reduce deaths, injuries, and damage by applying seismic safety principles to the way communities plan, build, and maintain the built environment. This includes work tied to the adoption, enforcement, and updating of building codes, zoning codes, and local ordinances that improve seismic safety for new construction and development decisions. Mitigation under this program also extends beyond a building's structural frame to include nonstructural components and contents, such as interior systems, equipment, furnishings, and other items that can fail or become hazards during shaking. The funding can support foundational steps that lead to mitigation decisions, such as developing inventories of vulnerable assets, performing seismic safety assessments and evaluations, and conducting inspections of critical facilities and lifelines. "Critical structures and lifelines" generally refers to high-consequence facilities and systems like hospitals, emergency operations centers, schools, major bridges, utilities, and communications networks. The program also supports the development or updating of hazard mitigation plans, especially where plans identify existing structures that pose a threat to life safety or are likely to sustain major damage, and where those plans inform prioritization for retrofitting and other risk-reduction actions.

Another major program element is public awareness and earthquake education. These activities are meant to increase understanding of earthquake hazards and the associated risks, while encouraging real-world behavior changes that improve household and community resilience. The focus is on promoting a self-help approach across the full disaster cycle: preparedness before an event, effective actions during response, informed recovery afterward, and ongoing mitigation to lessen future impacts. In practice, this category can include outreach campaigns, educational materials, trainings, community programs, and other initiatives that translate technical risk into practical steps residents, businesses, and institutions can take.

In addition to mitigation and education, the opportunity recognizes other supporting activities that help states make better decisions about earthquake risk. These include hazard identification, which involves defining the potential for earthquakes and related geologic hazards within a particular area, and vulnerability assessments (often called loss estimation studies), which estimate impacts and consequences to people, buildings, infrastructure, and other community resources. These studies are used to highlight where damages are likely to be highest, what services may be disrupted, and which mitigation investments may provide the greatest benefit. The program also allows funding for participation in the annual national State Earthquake Program Managers meeting, reflecting an interest in coordination, information sharing, and consistent program management across states.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DHS-09-FEMA-082-007 and is associated with CFDA 97.082 (Earthquake Consortium). It was posted on June 12, 2009, with an original closing date of June 30, 2009, and a revised closing date of July 31, 2009; it was archived on August 30, 2009. Eligibility is noted as "Others (see text)" with additional eligibility information referencing Region VII and Missouri (MO), indicating it was targeted to that regional context. Applicants and interested parties were directed to Grants.gov for official posting details, and FEMA provided support through the FEMA Call Center at (866) 927-5646 and the email ASK-GMD@dhs.gov for assistance accessing the full announcement.

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