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Opportunity Summary:

The FY 2014 Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) Region 6 opportunity is a FEMA grant and cooperative agreement program designed to make the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) work better at the state and local level by building long-term partnerships around flood risk data, mapping, and risk communication. The core idea is to reduce flood losses and improve community resilience by helping qualified partners take a more active role in creating, updating, and maintaining the flood hazard information that underpins NFIP requirements, especially Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related flood risk products. FEMA frames the program as a way to expand local ownership of flood mapping and risk information so that communities are not only using FEMA data, but also contributing to it and keeping it current.

Funding is offered under a discretionary cooperative agreement instrument through the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, under CFDA 97.045 (Cooperating Technical Partners). For this Region 6 FY 2014 cycle, FEMA anticipated making about 12 awards with an estimated total funding level of $3,561,400. The opportunity did not specify an award floor or ceiling in the public listing, which typically signals that award sizes depend on the scope of work negotiated and approved for each partner and project. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for this opportunity, although FEMA notes that CTP work commonly leverages partner resources, data, and capabilities alongside federal funding.

The program supports a fairly broad set of activities, but they cluster into three practical areas. First is program management work that helps NFIP state coordinating agencies and NFIP-participating communities keep up with their regulatory responsibilities and day-to-day floodplain management needs. Second is technical risk analysis and mapping, which can include engineering and hydrologic/hydraulic analysis, data development, map updates, and other tasks that improve the accuracy and usefulness of flood hazard and risk assessment information. Third is communication of flood risk data, meaning efforts that help communities, stakeholders, and the public understand flood hazards and use flood risk products in planning, mitigation, development decisions, and insurance-related actions. FEMA also indicates it can provide technical assistance, training, and data to support partner capability within these categories.

Eligibility is intentionally narrow: only organizations that are already qualified CTPs can receive awards. That means an applicant 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 the NFIP goals and objectives. Applicants also need to show they have non-federally funded processes or systems already in place for collecting, developing, evaluating, disseminating, and communicating flood hazard and risk data and mapping. In other words, FEMA is not looking to build capacity from scratch; it is looking to invest in partners that already have operational capability and can scale it with federal support. Applicants must also demonstrate they can carry out the proposed activities, meet CTP program performance metrics, and provide timely, accurate performance reporting to FEMA.

A notable operational requirement involves FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP). When applicable to the work being funded, the CTP must agree to perform work in the MIP environment and keep activities updated at least every 30 days in the Studies Workflow, with more frequent updates expected for work handled under the Revisions Workflow. This reflects FEMA's emphasis on consistent project tracking, transparency, and standardized production workflows for mapping and map maintenance. The award also comes with compliance expectations tied not only to the grant or cooperative agreement terms, but also to the underlying Partnership Agreement and the FEMA-approved Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement, which effectively define the deliverables, schedule, and reporting structure.

The eligible applicant types listed include state governments, federally recognized tribal governments, counties, cities or townships, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than institutions of higher education), with final eligibility described as subject to FEMA Headquarters approval. FEMA also encourages prospective applicants to coordinate with FEMA before submitting an application to understand current program priorities, objectives, and performance measures, and to identify the most valuable tasks to propose. That pre-application coordination is presented as a practical step to align proposed work with FEMA mapping and NFIP objectives, which can influence whether a project is selected and how it is scoped.

Administratively, the opportunity was posted July 1, 2014, with an application closing date of August 18, 2014, and an archive date of September 18, 2014. The funding opportunity number is DHS 14 MT 045 006 01, titled "FY 2014 Cooperating Technical Partner - Region 6," and the activity category is listed under science and technology and other research and development, reflecting the technical nature of flood risk analysis and mapping. Applicants needing help accessing the full announcement were directed to FEMA's GMD Systems Branch via the provided email contact, and FEMA also referenced its CTP program webpage for additional background on the program.

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