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State of Louisiana Mitigation Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Mitigation’s Value to Society Mitigation creates safer communities by reducing loss of life and property. Mitigation enables individuals and communities to recover more rapidly from disasters. Mitigation lessens the financial impact of disasters on individuals, the Treasury, state, local and tribal communities.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Eligible Sub-Applicants * Private Non-Profits and Private Universities must apply through relevant local governments or State agencies. GOVERNMENT ENTITIES State Agencies Parishes/Communities TRIBAL NATIONS Federally Recognized State Recognized
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Application Period FY10 PDM, FMA, RFC, SRL National Application Period June 1, 2009 – December 4, 2009 Must be submitted to FEMA by 3 PM EST State will submit ALL FY 2010 applications by December 1 Applications must be submitted to GOHSEP in eGrants* by September 30, 2009 *Please email Kimberly Rodrigue for eGrants access.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Management Costs Subapplicants may include a maximum of 5% of the total funds requested to support the activity. Compensation of employees for the time devoted specifically to the performance of the award Cost of materials used specifically for the purpose of the award Travel expenses incurred specifically to carry out the award
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Pre-Award Costs Sub-Applicants may be reimbursed for pre-award cost for activities directly related to the development of the proposed activity. Are only eligible if the application results in an approved project Activities may include: Workshops Meetings Data Collection (Planning Grants) Development of BCA Environmental/Historic Preservation data & documentation Engineering Design (Project Grants) Pre-Award Costs must be identified as a separate line item in the cost estimate
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation PDM Section 203 of Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5133
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Funding is provided through the National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund and is subject to Congressional appropriations. FY09 - Approximately $90 million appropriated FEMA will award each State at least $500,000 for the highest ranked eligible applications The remainder of available funds will be awarded on a nationally competitive basis to the highest ranked applications
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation PDM Cost Share 75% Federal 25% Local All Hazard Mitigation grants are paid on Cost-reimbursement basis
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation PDM Mitigation Project Activities Structure Elevation Property Acquisition Demoltion Relocation Stormwater Management Projects Protective Measures for Utilities Structural and Non-structural retrofitting of existing buildings Minor localized flood reduction projects
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation PDM Mitigation Plans Hazard Mitigation Plans strategy for breaking the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage a framework for developing feasible and cost-effective mitigation projects. New Plan Development Comprehensive Review and Update A planning grant award must result in an adopted FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan prior to the end of the 3-year performance period. All Hazard Mitigation Plans must be updated every 5 years to maintain funding eligibility.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Hazard Mitigation Plans cont. A FEMA approved Hazard Mitigation Plan is required for project funding in: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation FMA Section 1366 of NFIA of 1968, 42 U.S.C 4104c RFC RFC Section 1323 of the NFIA, 42 U.S.C. 4102ASRL Section 1361A of NFIA, 42 U.S.C. 4102A
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Participation Requirements FMA, RFC, & SRL Properties must be NFIP insured at the time of project application and maintained at least through completion of the mitigation activity The Sub-applicant may not be suspended, on probation, or withdrawn from the NFIP Insurance must be kept in perpetuity on all mitigation activities except Acquisition A FEMA-approved mitigation plan is required to receive project grants. RFC only requires that the State have an approved plan.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Sub-Applications Requirements Mitigation Projects Must be cost beneficial* BCR must be >1.0 May use aggregate Meet environmental and historical compliance *All FY 2010 applications must use the new 4.0 BCA module.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Elevation of existing structures to BFE, ABFE, or higher FMA, RFC, & SRL Project Activities
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Acquisition FMA, RFC & SRL Project Activities cont. All structures and slab must be removed Property will remain deed restricted as open space in perpetuity. DemolitionRelocation
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation FMA, RFC, & SRL Project Activities cont. Minor Localized Flood Control A percentage* of benefitting structures must be NFIP-insured RFC and SRL must primarily benefit RFC and SRL properties *Percentage will be decided by FEMA on a application-by- application basis.
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) FY 2009 National Funding Estimate was $35.7 Million FY 2009 Louisiana Allocation was $3 Million Maximum 5-year awards: State:$20 Million Local Government: $3.3 Million State Agency: $10 Million
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation FMA Cost Share 75% Federal 25% Local All Hazard Mitigation grants are paid on Cost-reimbursement basis
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) NFIP insured structures that have one or more flood claim payments Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed activities cannot be funded under the FMA program due to lack of capacity, including inability to manage the subgrant or lack of 25% match. A local Hazard Mitigation Plan is not required
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation RFC Cost Share 100% Federal All Hazard Mitigation grants are paid on a Cost-reimbursement basis
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation RFC National Ranking and Selection Nationally Competitive Grant Program, no target allocation Maximum of $10 Million annually nationwide. FEMA will rank all eligible sub-applications based upon the greatest savings to the National Flood Insurance Fund
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) Residential properties with at least four NFIP claim payments over $5,000 each (building and contents), and the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeds $20,000; or For which at least two separate NFIP claim payments (building only) have been made, with the cumulative amount of the building portion of such claims exceeding the value of the property
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation SRL Properties FEMA maintains a database of all validated SRL properties 8000 Nationwide properties 2950 Louisiana properties
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation SRL Cost Share 90% Federal 10% Local All Hazard Mitigation grants are paid on a Cost-reimbursement basis The State of LA has added the Repetitive Loss Strategy into its Hazard Mitigation Plan therefore the SRL Cost Share is:
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation SRL FY09 Re-opening Will remain open until all $150 Million is allocated Applications must be submitted to GOHSEP in eGrants by August 21, 2009 This date represents the first round of application deadlines for SRL FY 09
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation SRL Mitigation Project Activities Pilot Reconstruction Must have engineering report proving Elevation is not structurally feasible Square footage may not exceed 10% of the existing home Maximum Federal Construction Cost is $150,000
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Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State of Louisiana Mitigation Questions???? Kimberly Rodrigue 415 N 15 th St Baton Rouge LA 70802 225-267-2627 Kimberly.Rodrigue@LA.Gov
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