Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 9 | DHS 20 MT 023 09 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) for Region 9 is a FEMA grant opportunity under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen how states support local communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is to fund state-level work that helps communities correctly carry out NFIP floodplain management requirements and steadily improve their performance over time. In practice, the program is meant to reduce flood losses by making sure local floodplain management rules are understood, implemented, monitored, and kept aligned with NFIP standards, while also building long-term floodplain management capacity at both the state and local levels.

This funding is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA expects to remain involved during the period of performance rather than issuing a simple pass-through grant with minimal federal engagement. The assistance is geared toward two main functions: first, providing technical assistance to NFIP-participating communities (for example, guidance on floodplain development rules, permitting practices, map-related questions, and compliance expectations), and second, evaluating how communities are performing in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. These evaluations help identify gaps, training needs, and corrective actions, and they support consistent application of NFIP minimum standards across jurisdictions.

A key program foundation is the role of State Coordinating Agencies as defined in 44 CFR 60.25. Those regulations spell out the designation, duties, and responsibilities states take on when they support NFIP implementation, including demonstrating commitment to the NFIP minimum floodplain management criteria and showing they have the capability and responsibility to carry out the support role effectively. CAP-SSSE funding helps states meet those responsibilities by resourcing staff time, outreach, community contacts, training, and oversight activities that are often difficult to sustain through state budgets alone.

For this specific opportunity, the funding opportunity title is "Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 9" with funding opportunity number DHS 20 MT 023 09 01, and it is tied to CFDA number 97.023. Eligible applicants are state governments and special district governments. FEMA anticipated making about four awards under this announcement. The posting was created on May 1, 2020, with an original closing date of June 15, 2020. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically signals that the maximum award amount may not be stated in the summary field and could depend on separate allocation formulas, negotiated budgets, or additional program guidance for the region.

Overall, CAP-SSSE in Region 9 functions as a capacity-building and quality-assurance investment: it leverages state knowledge of local conditions and relationships with communities to improve day-to-day NFIP implementation, supports consistent floodplain management practices, and advances the NFIP goal of reducing flood-related damages and risks over the long term.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the community development, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment, labor and training, environment, information and statistics, natural resources, regional development, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 9" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.023.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 01, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 15, 2020. (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 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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