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“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.  In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.  Procrastination is still the thief of time.  Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.  This may well be mankind’s last change to choose between chaos or community.”

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Community Imperative
Step 1:  CERT awareness, education, training, and active participation.
Step 2:  Proactive in addressing risks and vulnerabilities and disasters in community
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Step 3:  Climate Change awareness and actions.
Step 4:  BEMA International membership as
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              -Organization
                     NGO, nonprofit, et.
              -National, State, County, City office membership
Step 5:  Access to complete BEMA International Factor initiatives

Community Imperative\Civil Society Portfolio Investment
-What are the investments of individuals and families in a community?
-Schools, location to resources, faith-based organizations, food & water access?
-What are the their responsibilities?
-Are corporations and private sector industries part of the individual and family
        investments as part of the community imperative\civil society portfolio?

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Now Open: FY 2019 Grants Application Period. October 2019

October 8, 2019 -  Subscribe

In This Issue: Now Open: FY 2019 Grants Application Period Webinars about FY 2019 Grants Application Cycle Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Stakeholder Input Webinar Series 2019 Now Available Online National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS) Launch DRRA Section 1231 Fact Sheet: Acquisition of Property for Open Space and Policy Clarification Dates For Your Calendar

Now Open: FY 2019 Grants Application Period The application period for FEMA’s Fiscal Year 2019 Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) programs is now open. Eligible applicants must apply for funding through the FEMA Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants Portal. All applications must be submitted no later than 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 31, 2020. For FY19, a total of $410 million in funding is available through HMA’s two competitive grant programs, FMA and PDM. For the FMA program, FEMA’s predetermined funding priorities include flood mitigation planning and efforts for repetitive as well as severe repetitive loss properties. In this application cycle, $160 million in funds are available. View the FY19 FMA Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and Fact Sheet for more information: www.fema.gov/flood-mitigation-assistance-grant-program. The PDM program is designed to implement a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program with the goal of reducing overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events. For FY19, FEMA has set aside $20 million of the $250 million in PDM funding for federally-recognized tribes. View the FY19 PDM NOFO and Fact Sheet for more information: www.fema.gov/pre-disaster-mitigation-grant-program. FEMA’s two competitive mitigation grant programs provide states, tribes, and territories funding for eligible mitigation activities to strengthen our nation’s ability to build a culture of preparedness by reducing disaster losses and protecting life and property from future disaster damages. The Fiscal Year 2019 hazard mitigation funding cycle represents a critical transition year for pre-disaster mitigation grants. One of the most substantive provisions of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 is Section 1234, which authorizes FEMA to develop a new pre-disaster mitigation program that is funded by a 6 percent set-aside from federal disaster assistance for each major disaster declaration. This new program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), will allow FEMA to support states and communities to undertake new and innovative infrastructure projects that reduce the risks they face from disasters. FEMA is already using the BRIC funding mechanism to advance its objective of increasing the nation’s resilience by making $250 million available for the FY19 PDM Program. Back to Top Webinars about FY 2019 Grants Application Cycle Throughout October, FEMA will continue to offer a series of webinars on the FY 2019 PDM and FMA grant programs. Upcoming sessions are listed below. You can also view the complete webinar schedule here. eGrants for Beginners Join this webinar to learn how to use Mitigation eGrants, the system that FEMA uses to accept and process all grant applications. This webinar will be offered twice and prospective FY19 applicants may attend either session. The webinar will cover how to access the system, where to go for help, and include a question and answer period. The webinar is primarily intended for subapplicants and new users. For the online portion, please join via the Internet: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/beginnersegrants/. For audio, please call 1-800-320-4330 and enter conference code 338559.      Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time  Monday, October 21, 2019 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time  Avoiding Application Pitfalls  FEMA will offer a webinar on common PDM grant application errors and how to avoid them. This webinar will be offered twice and applicants may attend either session. For the online portion, please join via the Internet: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/application-pitfalls/. For audio, please call 1-800-320-4330 and enter conference code 338559. Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time Back to Top Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Stakeholder Input Webinar Series 2019 Now Available Online FEMA and its partners are working on the development and implementation of BRIC. A series of four webinars held in June 2019 provided an overview as the BRIC program is being developed and facilitated an open conversation with stakeholders through the chat platform webinar tool. Participants were encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas in real-time during these webinars or had the option to provide comments on a dedicated idea sharing platform known as IdeaScale. You can access recordings of the four webinars at https://www.fema.gov/drra-bric. FEMA continues to monitor a dedicated email box for any comments or suggestions about the development of BRIC at buildbric@fema.dhs.gov. Back to Top National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS) Launch Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified a need for a coordinated, federal and national investment strategy for mitigation that reduces the nation’s exposure to future losses from disasters. In response, the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG) produced a National Mitigation Investment Strategy. The Investment Strategy establishes a vision to save lives and money nationwide by investing in mitigation resources and activities such as: Building to disaster-resistant codes or standards Collecting and sharing data that identifies disaster risk Aligning funding requirements and incentives to make mitigation doable Identifying weaknesses that increase disaster risk Sharing expertise and advice on how to mitigate  The Investment Strategy’s national vision is for the whole community, which includes individuals, families, communities, the private and nonprofit sectors, faith-based organizations, and state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal governments. Back to Top DRRA Section 1231 Fact Sheet: Acquisition of Property for Open Space and Policy Clarification Through its Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs, FEMA funds the voluntary acquisition of hazard-prone properties from private owners. Property acquisition is not new for FEMA; however, DRRA Section 1231 contains new requirements for the project notification process and emphasizes a community’s responsibilities regarding acquired land. The newly released DRRA Section 1231 Fact Sheet outlines these new requirements for state, tribal, territorial and local governments and supplements existing FEMA guidance on property acquisition projects per the DRRA. FEMA also released a policy clarification on the Eligibility of Hazard Mitigation Assistance Applications with Pre-Award Demolitions. This policy clarifies that when private individuals have demolished damaged structures using private funds or other non-federal funds prior to application for HMA funding, the properties will now be eligible for inclusion in HMA project applications if the demolition is not connected to the project. The demolition costs cannot be included in the project application.  Back to Top

Dates For Your Calendar Webinars eGrants for Beginners Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time  Monday, October 21, 2019 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time  Avoiding Application Pitfalls Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time Mitigation Training Hazus for Flood December 2-5 Emmitsburg, Maryland Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level October 16-17 Emmitsburg, Maryland Managing Floodplain Development through the NFIP October 7-10 Rocky Mount, North Carolina October 7-10 Las Vegas, New Mexico October 21-24 Lewiston, Idaho October 28-31 Doral, Florida Managing Floodplain Development thru the NFIP   December 2-5 Emmitsburg, Maryland HMA: Application Review and Evaluation October 28-29 Anchorage, Alaska HMA: Project Implementation and Programmatic Closeout October 30-31 Anchorage, Alaska National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System October 7-10 Downers Grove, Illinois Introduction to Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance November 13-15 Anniston, Alabama December 16-18 Anniston, Alabama ArcGIS for Emergency Managers January 13-16 Emmitsburg, Maryland Executive Order 11988 and 11990: Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection October 16-18 Anniston, Alabama More information on upcoming training and registration.

Is Homelessness Recovery Housing? A change in semantics to accelerate the solution.

New Publication Recovery Housing: Best Practices and Suggested Guidelines Recovery housing is an intervention that is specifically designed to address the recovering person’s need for a safe and healthy living environment while supplying the requisite recovery and peer supports. This report identifies ten specific areas, or guiding principles, that will assist states and federal policy makers in defining and understanding what comprises safe, effective, and legal recovery housing. National organizations have contributed significant and valuable work in developing policies, practices, and guidance to improve recovery housing as an integral model of care. The guiding principles in this document are meant to provide an overarching framework that builds upon and extends the foundational policy and practice work that had guided the development of recovery housing to date. SAMHSA recommends following these Ten Guiding Principles to guide recovery house operators, stakeholders, and states in enacting laws designed to provide the greatest level of resident care and safety possible.  View the Guidelines

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