As appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Proper Public Law 116-6); the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program provides resources to assist states, tribal governments, territories and local communities in their efforts to implement a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5133).
The 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Guidance applies to the FY 2019 PDM grant program application cycle. Applicants are encouraged to review the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement and the HMA Guidance for detailed information regarding eligibility and to contact their FEMA Regional Office for additional information.
The total amount of funds that will be distributed under the FY 2019 PDM grant program will be $250 million.
- All 50 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible to receive an allocation of $575,000, in accordance with Section 203(f)(1) of the Stafford Act.
- $20 million will be set aside for federally-recognized tribal applicants to receive an allocation of $575,000 per tribe.
- The balance of PDM grant program funds will be distributed on a competitive basis to all eligible applicants.
- No applicant may receive more than 15 percent, or $37.5 million of the appropriated PDM funding per Section 203(f)(2) of the Stafford Act.
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