Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 4 | DHS 21 MT 023 04 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 4 opportunity is a FEMA grant that supports states in strengthening how communities carry out floodplain management under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is practical and on-the-ground: it funds state-level work that helps local governments understand, apply, and maintain NFIP requirements, while also assessing how well participating communities are actually implementing floodplain management standards. By backing these state support functions, the program is meant to reduce flood losses over time, improve compliance with NFIP rules, and build long-term floodplain management capability at both the state and local levels.

This funding is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which generally means FEMA expects an active partnership with award recipients rather than a simple pass-through of funds. The program is tied to the formal role of the State Coordinating Agency described in 44 CFR 60.25, which lays out how states commit to NFIP minimum floodplain management criteria and demonstrate the capacity and responsibility to carry out coordination, assistance, and oversight functions. In other words, the grant is designed to help states perform the duties that federal regulations already anticipate states will take on to support NFIP-participating communities.

Eligible applicants include state governments and special district governments. The awarding agency is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically FEMA. The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number DHS 21 MT 023 04 01 and is associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 97.023. It was posted on May 14, 2021, with an original application closing date of June 28, 2021. FEMA anticipated making about 8 awards under this Region 4 opportunity. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates the ceiling is not specified in the summary data and may be determined by allocation formulas, regional totals, negotiated budgets, or other FEMA guidance rather than a single published maximum in the notice summary.

From an outcomes perspective, CAP-SSSE is aimed at making floodplain management more consistent and effective across NFIP communities by leveraging state expertise and relationships with local jurisdictions. The work supported under this program often centers on technical assistance, coordination, and community evaluations tied to NFIP implementation, helping communities maintain eligibility and improve their floodplain management practices in ways that ultimately support the NFIP goal of reducing flood damage and related costs. The opportunity is categorized across several broad public-purpose areas, including community development, disaster prevention and relief, environment, natural resources, and related fields, reflecting how floodplain management touches land use, hazard mitigation, and community resilience all at once.

• 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 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 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 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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