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<br />Flood Damage Reduction Grant <br />Assistance Program <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />One of the Important ways that Minnesota DNR Waters accomplishes it's strategic <br />mission is the Flood Damage Reduction Grant PrograI11. The Flood Damage Reduction <br />Grant Assistance PrograI11 (FOR) was established by the 1987 Legislature to provide <br />technical and financial assistance to local government units for reducing the extent of <br />flood damages. Under this program the state makes cost-share grants for up to 50% of <br />the total, local cost of flood mitigation projects. Since the inception of the program, <br />almost $61 Million in state grant monies have been distributed to local units of <br />government across Minnesota for flood damage reduction projects. Flood damage <br />mitigation projects in Minnesota have averted over one-half billion dollars in damages. <br /> <br />The flood damage reduction grant assistance program is designed to mitigate damages <br />due to flooding in rural and urban flood plain areas. The commissioner may also make <br />grants to local government to conduct studies to determine the most feasible, practical, <br />and effective methods and programs for mitigating the damages due to flooding <br />within flood prone areas. Some eligible project examples are: <br /> <br />. Structural acquisition in the loo-year flood plain <br /> <br />. Levees, Ring Dikes, Flood Walls <br /> <br />. Flood warning systems <br /> <br />. Feasibility studies <br /> <br />. Public education workshops <br /> <br />. Flood Insurance Studies <br /> <br />. Floodplain ordinance changes <br /> <br />. Floodplain mapping <br /> <br />. Comprehensive watershed plans <br /> <br />. Flood storage easements <br /> <br />. Floodplain/river restorations <br /> <br />. Cost-share on federal projects <br /> <br />There are currently two different classes of grants available. Small grants are for <br />projects with a total cost of less than or equal to $300,000 (state share less than <br />$150,000). Small grants are made directly by the DNR from funds appropriated by the <br />legislature. Large grants are for projects with a total cost greater than $300,000 (state <br />share greater than $ 150,000). Large grant applications are received and prioritized by <br />the DNR and then presented to the Governor and the legislature for consideration in a <br />capital bonding bill. <br /> <br />In addition to partnering directly with local units of government, FDR grants can be <br />used to leverage financial and technical assistance from other agencies. DNR Waters <br />and local units of government have partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />on federal flood control projects as well as projects in the Federal Section 14, 22 and 205 <br />programs. FOR funds can also be used to leverage acquisition and hazard mitigation <br />funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the State Division <br />of Emergency Management following a disaster. <br /> <br />" <br />