The Community Assistance Program – State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) program provides funding to states to provide technical assistance to communities in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and to evaluate community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The goal of the CAP-SSSE is to support State National Flood Insurance Program Coordinating Agencies to reduce risk and help to avoid losses from flood events as they provide technical assistance and floodplain management support to flood prone and participating communities within their states and territories.
To further this goal, the program will pursue the following objectives:
- Increase state and territory programs’ capability and capacity to effectively manage their programs such that they perform at or above their annual performance measure commitments.
- Increase state and territory programs’ capability and capacity to effectively respond to disaster events.
- Support state and territory programs’ capacity to assist communities with National Flood Insurance Program compliance, including supporting communities’ ongoing administration and enforcement of floodplain management standards as well as auditing community compliance with National Flood Insurance Program minimum standards and assisting local actions to address any issues.
- Support state and territory programs to ensure that communities adopt updated flood risk data in a timely and consistent manner, including adoption of any updated ordinances or regulations.
- Support state and territory programs to help communities adopt higher floodplain management standards.
- Support state and territory programs’ efforts to increase understanding of floodplain management among local officials and other stakeholders through trainings, outreach, and technical assistance.
- Coordinate with other state or territory agencies and federal agencies to ensure that floodplain management information is benefiting other activities where appropriate.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Award Floor: $65,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
State governments.
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