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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Eligible
Types of
Projects

Ineligible
Projects

Retrofitting
Places of
Worship

Section 7: Project Eligibility

To be eligible for funding under the HMGP, proposed measures
must meet the minimum project criteria under 44 CFR 206.434(b).
These criteria are designed to ensure that the most appropriate
projects are selected for funding.

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44 CFR 206.434(b)

Projects may be of any nature that will result in protection of public
or private property from natural hazards. Some types of projects
that may be eligible include:

. Acquisition of hazard prone property and conversion to open space;

. Retrofitting existing buildings and facilities;

. Elevation of floodprone structures;

. Vegetative management/soil stabilization;

. Infrastructure protection measures;

. Stormwater management;

. Minor structural flood control projects; and

. Post-disaster code enforcement activities.

FEMA will process the grant program through the National Emergency Management
Information System.

The State should include the appropriate NEMIS project code (see Job ,,-1'~
Aid 7-1) when submitting applications for potential HMGP projects. ~
Applicants may also propose project types not listed in the N EM IS codes .
for funding consideration. Job AId 7-1

The following types of projects are not eligible under the HMGP:

. Retrofitting places of worship (or other projects that solely benefit religious
organizations); and

. Projects in progress.

The paragraphs below discuss these project types in greater detail.

FEMA does not provide grants for the purpose of retrofitting places of religious worship
(or other projects that solely benefit religious organizations), because the retrofit
program is indistinguishable from the direct cash grant programs that are uniformly
forbidden by the United States Government.

However, an eligible applicant (such as a local govemment) could include the
acquisition of a church in its application where the whole community, not just the
church, is the beneficiary.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference-Draft

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