Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 7 | DHS 19 MT 023 07 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 7 is a FEMA grant opportunity under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen how states support and oversee local participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The program’s core purpose is to fund state-level work that helps communities understand and carry out NFIP floodplain management requirements, while also giving states resources to review and evaluate whether participating communities are actually implementing those requirements effectively. In practical terms, CAP-SSSE is meant to reduce flood losses over time by improving the day-to-day capability of states and local jurisdictions to manage development in flood-prone areas, enforce floodplain rules, and keep NFIP participation in good standing.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which generally means FEMA expects an active partnership with the recipient rather than a hands-off pass-through award. The program focuses on two main activities: technical assistance and community performance evaluation. Technical assistance can include helping communities interpret floodplain management standards, improve permitting and inspection processes, update or adopt compliant floodplain ordinances, coordinate on flood maps and flood risk data, and train local officials who handle development decisions in Special Flood Hazard Areas. The evaluation side typically involves community assistance visits or similar monitoring activities where the state reviews a community’s NFIP administration and floodplain management program to identify strengths, gaps, and needed corrective actions. By funding these services at the state level, the program aims to create consistent, informed support for many local governments at once, rather than forcing each community to navigate complex NFIP requirements on its own.

A key feature of CAP-SSSE is that it is closely tied to the formal role of the State Coordinating Agency (SCA) as described in federal regulation at 44 CFR 60.25. That regulation lays out the designation, duties, and responsibilities of the SCA and emphasizes the state’s commitment to the NFIP’s minimum floodplain management criteria, as well as the state’s capability and accountability in carrying out support and oversight functions. In other words, the grant is meant to reinforce the state’s institutional capacity to administer and champion effective floodplain management, not just to fund one-off local projects. The broader intent is to help ensure the NFIP’s flood loss reduction goals are met by building long-term state and community expertise, improving compliance, and leveraging the state’s familiarity with local conditions and governance structures.

For this Region 7 competition, eligible applicants include state governments and special district governments. The opportunity lists CFDA number 97.023 and is administered by FEMA within DHS. The posting indicates an expected four awards. The original posting date is April 15, 2019, with an original application closing date of May 15, 2019. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which usually signals that the public synopsis is not stating a specific maximum per award and that actual award amounts may depend on FEMA’s allocation decisions, negotiated work plans, or other program guidance for that fiscal year and region.

The funding activity category is broad and reflects the cross-cutting nature of floodplain management and NFIP implementation, touching community development, disaster prevention and relief, environmental management, natural resources, and related technical and planning fields. Overall, CAP-SSSE in Region 7 is best understood as capacity-building and oversight support: it funds states to train, guide, and evaluate NFIP communities so that floodplain management standards are applied consistently, risk is reduced, and communities remain eligible for NFIP insurance and related disaster assistance benefits tied to compliance.

• 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) 2019 Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) - Region 7" 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 Apr 15, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 15, 2019. (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 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Special district governments.

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