Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 4 | DHS 18 MT 023 04 02

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 4 is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), administered by FEMA, designed to strengthen how states support and oversee local floodplain management under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is to fund state-level work that helps participating communities understand, implement, and maintain NFIP floodplain management requirements, while also giving FEMA and states a structured way to review how well communities are carrying out those responsibilities. In practice, the program is meant to reduce flood losses by improving day-to-day compliance, building technical capacity, and catching problems early before they turn into repeated flood damage, higher insurance claims, or NFIP participation issues.

This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement, meaning FEMA expects active involvement and coordination with the awardees rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant with minimal federal engagement. Funding is directed to state governments only, reflecting the program design that relies on a formal State Coordinating Agency role. The responsibilities and expectations for those state coordinating functions are tied to federal regulation at 44 CFR 60.25, which covers the designation, duties, and responsibilities of state agencies that support the NFIP. Through those duties, states are expected to demonstrate commitment to minimum floodplain management criteria and the capability to implement and sustain the program, including technical assistance, training, guidance, and performance evaluation for communities.

The main activities supported by CAP-SSSE fall into two connected buckets: technical assistance and community performance evaluation. On the technical assistance side, states help communities interpret floodplain management standards, apply NFIP rules correctly, and strengthen local ordinances, permitting, inspections, and enforcement practices related to development in flood hazard areas. On the evaluation side, states review and assess community implementation of NFIP floodplain management activities to make sure local programs are functioning as intended. This is important because NFIP participation depends on communities adopting and enforcing adequate floodplain management measures; weaknesses in local implementation can increase flood risk and financial losses, and can also jeopardize a community's standing in the program.

Region 4 refers to FEMA's regional structure and indicates the geographic area targeted by this specific notice. The opportunity anticipates 8 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that a specific per-award maximum is not stated in the summary fields and would normally be clarified in the full notice, program guidance, or FEMA-state agreements. The grant is associated with CFDA number 97.023. The funding activity categories attached to the listing are broad and span community development, disaster prevention and relief, environment, natural resources, education, and related areas, which reflects the cross-cutting nature of floodplain management and risk reduction work.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number DHS 18 MT 023 04 02, a posting/creation date of May 30, 2018, and an original application closing date of July 30, 2018. Overall, CAP-SSSE is essentially a capacity-building and oversight tool: it invests in state expertise and staffing so states can better guide local governments, improve consistency and quality in NFIP implementation, and ultimately support FEMA's goal of reducing flood-related losses through stronger floodplain management at the community level.

• 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) 2018 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 4" 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 30, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 30, 2018. (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.

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