Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 10 | DHS 18 MT 045 10 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 10 (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 18 MT 045 10 01) is a FEMA discretionary funding opportunity offered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It is structured as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 97.045 and sits in the broader “science and technology and other research and development” activity category because much of the work involves technical flood risk analysis, mapping, and data development. The central purpose is to strengthen and expand the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by building and maintaining strong working partnerships among federal, state, tribal, regional, and local entities. In practical terms, FEMA uses the CTP Program to help reduce flood losses and improve community resilience by ensuring flood hazard information is accurate, current, and actually used in local decision-making.

At the core of the program is FEMA’s goal of increasing local involvement and ownership of flood risk data and flood mapping products. This includes Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and related flood risk datasets and products that support the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program. Through the CTP framework, FEMA aims to bolster partners that already have some capacity to gather, manage, and communicate flood hazard and risk information, then leverage that capacity to improve mapping quality, speed, and usefulness. The program also supports NFIP State Coordinating Agencies and NFIP-participating communities as they carry out their ongoing regulatory responsibilities under the NFIP, while also helping states, communities, and both public and private stakeholders better understand and mitigate flood risk.

The opportunity is only open to entities that are already qualified CTP partners, meaning applicants must have a signed Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. Eligibility also requires that the applicant either is an NFIP community in good standing, represents an NFIP community in good standing, or is a FEMA-approved nonprofit organization whose primary mission aligns with NFIP goals and objectives. Beyond formal status, FEMA expects applicants to have real, functioning, non-federally funded processes and/or systems already in place for collecting, developing, evaluating, disseminating, and communicating flood hazard and risk assessment data and mapping. In other words, this funding is meant to expand and enhance established capacity, not to create it from scratch. Applicants must also demonstrate the technical and managerial ability to carry out the proposed work, meet CTP performance metrics, and provide timely, accurate performance and achievement reports to FEMA.

Funded activities under the CTP Program can span program management support, technical risk analysis and mapping work, and flood risk communication. That can include tasks that contribute directly to the development, maintenance, or updating of flood studies and maps, as well as efforts that improve how flood risk information is shared with communities and stakeholders so it leads to better mitigation and preparedness decisions. Where applicable, recipients must agree to use FEMA’s Mapping Information Platform (MIP) as part of project execution and keep project activities current within the system. The notice specifically emphasizes routine updates: at least every 30 days for the Studies Workflow, and more frequently for the Revisions Workflow, which signals FEMA’s focus on transparency, tracking, and keeping mapping production moving.

A notable operational expectation is that prospective applicants are encouraged to coordinate with FEMA before applying. The program is framed around FEMA priorities, objectives, and performance measures, and applicants are expected to align proposed tasks with those priorities. FEMA may also provide non-monetary support such as technical assistance, training, and data to strengthen a partner’s ability to deliver work in the relevant project categories. Any federal dollars awarded are described as additive to the resources a partner brings to the table; FEMA anticipates that CTPs will leverage their own datasets, staff capacity, and existing systems to complete the agreed-upon tasks.

Once awarded, recipients must comply with the funding announcement requirements, the specific terms and conditions of the award, and their FEMA Partnership Agreement. The work itself is governed by an associated Statement of Work or Mapping Activity Statement that FEMA approves, using templates available through the awarding FEMA region or FEMA Headquarters. Administrative details listed in the opportunity include a posting/creation date of June 1, 2018, with an original closing date of July 2, 2018. FEMA anticipated approximately 14 awards, and the notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates the ceiling was not specified in the public synopsis or was to be determined based on regional priorities and available funding rather than capped at a fixed published maximum.

Eligible applicant types are broad in theory but narrow in practice due to the CTP qualification requirement. The opportunity lists state governments, counties, cities/townships, special districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, and qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than higher education institutions), plus an “other” category with additional eligibility clarification in the full notice. Even with that range, the key gate is being an approved CTP with a signed FEMA Partnership Agreement and demonstrated capability to deliver mapping and risk communication work to FEMA standards. Overall, the Region 10 CTP opportunity is best understood as a mechanism for FEMA to partner with capable governmental, tribal, academic, and nonprofit entities to produce and maintain high-quality flood risk information and ensure that information is actively used to reduce flood impacts and strengthen resilience across NFIP-participating communities.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 10" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.045.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 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 14 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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