FLOOD04112

• County: Statewide
• Community: Nationwide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference
• Date: 10/1/1999
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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Integration
of Hazard
Mitigation
Planning

State Hazard
Mitigation
Plan: The
Design
Mechanism

State
Administrative
Plan: The
Implemen-
tation
Mechanism

Hazard
Mitigation
Grant
Program: The
Funding
Mechanism

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Section 2: Building State Capability: Before the Disaster

V'Jhen a State views the State Hazard Mitigation Plan, the State Administrative Plan,
and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program as three elements of a whole, the
mechanisms are present to design, implement, and fund the statewide vision of
damage reduction.

The Stafford Act, Section 409, requires each State to conduct an evaluation of existing
natural hazards statewide, and the risks that they pose. This evaluation, known as the
State Hazard Mitigation Plan, helps to identify beneficial hazard mitigation measures,

States use the hazard mitigation planning process to set short- and long-range
mitigation goals and objectives. The plan links ongoing State activities such as
implementation of State-FEMA Performance Partnership Agreements and
development of disaster-resistant communities. After a disaster declaration,
heightened interest and available funding sources create increased opportunities fol
mitigation,

The State Hazard Mitigation Plan may take any form including a component of a
comprehensive Stale mitigation strategy. The Hazard Mitigation Plan may include a
specific list of mitigation measures that the State would like to implement. If kept
current, the Hazard Mitigation Plan will capture evolving risks to State populations and
resources, prioritize types of mitigation measures, and serve as a ready-made wish list
when HMGP or other (State, local, private, Federal, ete,) funds are available.

The State Administrative Plan is a procedural guide that details how the State will
administer the HMGP, States must have a current Administrative Plan approved by
the FEMA Regional Director before receiving HMGP funds.

The Administrative Plan may also take any form including a chapter within a
comprehensive State mitigation program strategy,

The HMGP may provide a State with an amount equal or up to 15 percent of the total
disaster grants awarded by FEMA after a major disaster declaration to fund measures
identified in the Stale's Hazard Mitigation Plan, These grants may fund up to 75
percent of eligible mitigation measures. The State or local government provides the
remaining 25 percent cost-share from non-Federal sources,

TIP: See Section 13 for cost-share details.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference-Draft

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