Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 3 | DHS 21 MT 023 03 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) for Region 3 is a FEMA grant opportunity, administered under the Department of Homeland Security, designed to strengthen how states support local floodplain management under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core purpose is to fund state-level work that helps NFIP-participating communities follow required floodplain management standards, improve day-to-day program implementation, and reduce flood risk over time. In practical terms, this program is meant to help states serve as a technical backbone for their local jurisdictions, so communities have the guidance and oversight needed to keep NFIP requirements working as intended and to advance flood loss reduction goals.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 21 MT 023 03 01; CFDA 97.023). Cooperative agreement structure typically means FEMA expects substantial involvement or coordination during the period of performance, rather than simply issuing funds with minimal federal interaction. The program focuses on two main functions: first, providing technical assistance to NFIP communities (for example, helping communities understand, apply, and maintain compliant floodplain management practices), and second, evaluating community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. Those evaluations are a key accountability and quality-improvement mechanism, since they help identify gaps, reinforce minimum standards, and encourage consistent implementation across jurisdictions.

A central reference point for the program is 44 CFR 60.25, which lays out the designation, duties, and responsibilities of State Coordinating Agencies. The grant is tied to the expectation that states demonstrate both commitment to NFIP minimum floodplain management criteria and the capability and responsibility to carry out the support role effectively. By funding these state coordinating functions, CAP-SSSE is intended to build and sustain floodplain management expertise at the state and community levels, improve the consistency of NFIP administration, and leverage states existing relationships and knowledge of local conditions to help communities address flood hazards more effectively.

Eligible applicants are state governments and special district governments. FEMA anticipated making about six awards under this specific posting. The listing shows an award ceiling of $0, which generally indicates the ceiling was not specified in the public synopsis or may depend on allocations, negotiations, or other FEMA budgeting factors rather than a single published maximum. The opportunity was posted May 14, 2021, with an original application deadline of June 28, 2021. The funding activity category is broad, reflecting how floodplain management and NFIP support cut across community development, disaster prevention and relief, environmental management, natural resources, regional development, and related technical and administrative functions.

Overall, this Region 3 CAP-SSSE opportunity is best understood as FEMA support for the state-side infrastructure that keeps NFIP communities on track: helping local governments interpret and apply floodplain management requirements, checking performance through community assistance and evaluation activities, and steadily improving capability so flood risk is reduced and NFIP standards are implemented more uniformly over time.

• 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 3" 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 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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