Flood mitigation assistance

The Texas Water Development Board received a $150,840 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on September 14, 2023. This Project Grant funds initiatives to reduce repetitive flood damage and enhance community flood resilience across the state of Texas. The FMA program provides federal funding to state and local governments for localized flood mitigation projects, infrastructure hardening, hazard planning, property acquisitions, elevations, drainage improvements, and community outreach. The Texas Water Development Board has received over $200M in past FMA and other FEMA grants, which it uses to issue sub-awards to municipal and county governments for implementing these critical flood control efforts. For this specific award, the City of Friendswood received a sub-grant of undisclosed amount to conduct project scoping and planning for additional local flood mitigation initiatives.