Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 6 | DHS 21 MT 023 06 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 6 is a FEMA grant opportunity under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen how states support local floodplain management and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) participation. The core purpose of CAP-SSSE is to fund state-led work that helps communities understand, adopt, and properly carry out NFIP floodplain management requirements, while also giving states the resources to review and evaluate how well communities are performing those responsibilities. In practical terms, the program is meant to reduce future flood losses by improving the consistency and quality of floodplain management across participating jurisdictions, and by building lasting state and local expertise that can be applied before disasters happen.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which typically means FEMA expects an ongoing working relationship with awardees rather than a hands-off pass-through grant. The program is grounded in federal floodplain management regulations at 44 CFR 60.25, which describe how State Coordinating Agencies are designated and what they are expected to do. Those regulations reflect the states role in committing to NFIP minimum floodplain management criteria and demonstrating that the state has both the capability and responsibility to support and oversee NFIP-related activities. CAP-SSSE funding supports that regulatory framework by giving states capacity to guide communities, troubleshoot compliance challenges, and encourage stronger flood loss reduction practices statewide.

Eligible applicants are state governments and special district governments. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 97.023 and is categorized across a broad range of public-purpose areas including community development, disaster prevention and relief, environmental and natural resource management, and related fields. The specific posting is for Region 6, and the federal sponsor is FEMA within DHS. The funding opportunity number is DHS 21 MT 023 06 01. It was created on May 14, 2021, with an original application closing date of June 28, 2021. FEMA anticipated making around five awards under this regional notice. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which generally signals that the ceiling was not specified in the summary data or may be determined by other FEMA allocation factors rather than a single published cap in the synopsis.

Programmatically, CAP-SSSE is focused on two main lanes of work: technical assistance and performance evaluation. On the technical assistance side, states use funds to help NFIP communities with floodplain management implementation, interpretive guidance, and program administration tasks that can be difficult for smaller or resource-limited jurisdictions. On the evaluation side, states assess whether communities are effectively carrying out NFIP floodplain management activities, which can include reviewing local rules, permitting practices, and general alignment with minimum NFIP standards. By pairing hands-on assistance with oversight and evaluation, CAP-SSSE aims to improve compliance, reduce repetitive losses, and reinforce the NFIP goal of lowering flood risk and damage over time. The overall intent is also capacity-building: developing deeper state and community floodplain management knowledge so that expertise is not temporary, and leveraging state familiarity with local conditions to help communities make workable, defensible floodplain management decisions.

• 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) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 6" 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 14, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 28, 2021. (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 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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