FLOOD00410

• County: Statewide
• Title: Flood Mitigation Assistance Guidance
• Date: 8/1/1997
• Prepared For: NFIP
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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CHAPTER I: OVERVIEW OF
FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE

Program Goals ......................................................................1-1
Three Types ofFMA Grants................................................. 1-2
Purpose and Organization of This Manual........................... 1-2
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 ....................1-3
National Flood Mitigation Fund ...........................................1-3
Performance Partnership Agreements and Cooperative

Agreements .......... ....... ......... ...... ..... ..... ........ ..... ....... .... .... 1-4
Distribution of Funds: Methodology and Notification ........ 1-8

Program Schedule ..... ....... ..... ... ....... ..... ....... .................. ........ 1-9
FMA and Other FEMA Mitigation Programs....................... 1-9

FEMA 299/AUGUST 1997 FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE (FMA) GUIDANCE