Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 | DHS 19 MT 045 05 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5 is a FEMA discretionary funding opportunity, offered under the Department of Homeland Security, that uses cooperative agreements to support partners who help carry out and improve the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is to reduce flood losses and strengthen community resilience by building and maintaining strong working relationships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local governments (and certain qualified nonprofits). In practice, the program is meant to deepen local and state involvement in producing and maintaining flood risk information, including Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related flood risk products, while also supporting the broader goals of FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program.

This opportunity is designed for entities that are already positioned to contribute technically and administratively to flood hazard mapping and flood risk communication. FEMA's intent is not to start partners from scratch, but to enhance and expand existing capability. Projects can include program management activities, technical flood risk analysis and mapping work, and efforts that improve how flood hazard and risk data are communicated to communities and stakeholders. A key theme throughout the announcement is "local ownership": FEMA wants communities and state partners to play a stronger role in developing, updating, and using flood risk data so it is more timely, credible, and actionable for local planning, regulation, and mitigation investments.

Eligibility is limited to qualified Cooperating Technical Partners. To receive an award, an applicant must already be a CTP, meaning it has a signed Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or the appropriate FEMA Regional Office. Beyond that, 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. FEMA also requires that applicants have non-federally funded processes or systems already in place for collecting, developing, evaluating, sharing, and communicating flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping products. In other words, FEMA expects applicants to demonstrate operational maturity: the staffing, workflows, tools, and governance needed to do the work effectively, meet CTP performance metrics, and submit timely, accurate performance and progress reports.

Because this is a cooperative agreement, FEMA anticipates an active partnership role during execution rather than a hands-off grant. Applicants are expected to coordinate with FEMA before applying to align proposed work with FEMA program priorities, objectives, and measures, and to define specific tasks that will be undertaken. FEMA may also provide non-monetary support such as technical assistance, training, or data to strengthen the partner's ability to deliver within the approved project categories. Importantly, FEMA notes that awarded federal funds are intended to supplement, not replace, the resources and data that the CTP can leverage on its own, reinforcing the expectation that partners will bring meaningful capacity or contributions to the table.

The announcement also emphasizes required project management discipline and reporting. When applicable, awardees must perform work in FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP) and keep activities current by updating the Studies Workflow at least every 30 days (and more frequently within the Revisions Workflow). Once funded, the CTP must comply with the terms and conditions of the award, the existing Partnership Agreement, and the FEMA-approved scope documentation, such as the Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement. These documents define deliverables, schedules, and performance expectations, and they form the backbone of accountability for both FEMA and the partner.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed as DHS 19 MT 045 05 01, created April 19, 2019, with an original closing date of June 18, 2019. It is associated with CFDA 97.045 and falls under a "Science and Technology and other Research and Development" activity category, reflecting the technical and data-driven nature of flood risk analysis and mapping. Eligible applicant types named include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding higher education institutions), along with other entities as clarified in the full eligibility details. FEMA expected to make about eight awards for Region 5 under this announcement, and the posted award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that individual award sizes are determined by available funding, negotiated scopes, or other program constraints rather than a single fixed maximum published in the notice.

Overall, this Region 5 CTP opportunity is best understood as targeted support for experienced, FEMA-recognized partners to help produce and maintain high-quality flood hazard and risk information, integrate that information into NFIP responsibilities, and improve how flood risk is understood and acted upon locally. It is strongly performance- and process-oriented, requiring demonstrated capability, ongoing coordination with FEMA, disciplined reporting, and (where relevant) routine updates within FEMA's mapping workflows.

• 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) 2019 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 5" 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 Apr 19, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 18, 2019. (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 8 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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