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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Performance Partnership Agreements and Cooperative
Agreements

FEMA's Performance Partnership Agreement/Cooperative
Agreement (PPNCA) process will be the primary grants
management process used by States for administering FMA.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, and they are described in
the next section. However, the following information about the
PPNCA process applies to most States.

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The PP NCA grants management process for administering pre-
disaster preparedness and mitigation program grants consists of
two parts. The first is the Performance Partnership Agreement,
which is a multi-year agreement between the State and the
Federal Government, structured as a strategic plan. The PPA
establishes national and State-specific partnership goals and
objectives that guide the State's program activities over a
specified period of years. In most cases the State Emergency
Management Director serves as the State's PPA Point of Contact.

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The second part of the process is the Cooperative Agreement. In
the context of the PP A, CAs are annual financial and technical
assistance agreements for multiple pre-disaster preparedness and
mitigation programs. CAs include lists of activities (outcomes)
which a State will undertake in order to achieve State PP A
objectives. CAs also describe technical assistance to be provided
by FEMA in order to help the State meet PPA objectives.

FMA is designed to be consistent with the basic principles of the
PPNCA process by:

1. Emphasizing and providing support for long-term, strategic
planning.

2. Incorporating FMA into the annual CA agreement in order to
identify and achieve State and Federal long-term and short-
term program goals.

3. Streamlining program requirements.

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