FY2024 Cohesive Strategy Optional Narrative Template-11.15.2023.docx

FY 2023 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

USDA Forest Service Eastern Region State, Private and Tribal Forestry FY 2024 Combined Request for Applications Cohesive Fire Strategy Project Application Supplement 1 – Optional Narrative Template This completed template will be posted online and may be shared after all proposals are received.

Descriptive Project Title:

Grant Component Type:

Select only one per application.

Wildfire Risk Reduction Cross-Boundary Mitigation

Applicant Organization:

Project Overview This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Provide a comprehensive but succinct overview of the proposed project that includes basic details of who is doing what, where, and why. Specify if benefits to traditionally underserved or marginalized audiences are a component of the work. Underserved community data is available at Community Wildfire Defense Grants (wildfirerisk.org) and can be used to assist with your project description.

Project Budget Explanation This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Provide any additional remarks needed to clarify your budget request. For example, provide an explanation of how your will meet match requirements (WRR) or describe partner Contributions to your project (Cross-Boundary). Describe major cost centers of your project and if those funds will be used for contractors, cooperators, or in-house implementation. For multistate WRR proposals clearly note portion of project to be allocated against each State cap. This does not apply to Compacts or Tribes.

FY 2023 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Address the National Cohesive Strategy and the Northeast Regional Action Plan's Identified Options (30 Points) This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Describe how this proposal will meet one or more of the six Northeast Regional Action Plan's action options defined under National Cohesive Strategy Goals 1 and 2:

1. Restore/maintain Landscapes

2. Foster fire adapted communities

FY 2023 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Engage in Partnerships and Collaboration (20 Points) This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Describe how partners contribute toward a successful outcome; how Federal partners are engaged; amount of any non-Federal land treated; and how the project is tied to target program areas identified in the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, Northeast Regional Action Plan, and/or State Forest Action Plan.

FY 2023 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Assist Underserved Communities (10 points) This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Describe your assistance to underserved communities in support of . Points are awarded for applications that show a clear, meaningful benefit to or engagement with underserved communities/people. Underserved community data is available at Community Wildfire Defense Grants (wildfirerisk.org) and can be used to identify underserved communities.

Explain the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Project (20 Points) This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Show estimated project costs, per acre, if applicable, cost per program, and number of communities assisted. Explain how these expenses are efficient as compared with other possible options. Explain how this project will be completed in a cost-effective manner with measurable deliverables and outcomes. Explain and elaborate on the deliverables listed in your NFPORS form.

FY 2023 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Demonstrate a Wildfire Risk Focus (20 Points) This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.

Include an explanation, maps, and/or data to show how this project targets a priority landscape(s) and accounts for current and future drivers of fire risk. The use of Northeast-Midwest Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal or Wildfire Risk to Communities can assist applicants in determining your wildfire risk.

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