FY2025 SGSF CWDG NOFO_030425.pdf
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This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY2025 Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) program administered by the USDA Forest Service for the Southern region, with applications due by March 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. The program provides funding for two types of projects: development/revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) with 10% cost share and up to $250,000 in funding, and implementation of projects described in CWPPs less than 10 years old with 25% cost share and up to $10 million in funding.
The grants prioritize at-risk communities in areas with high/very high wildfire hazard potential, low-income communities, and those impacted by severe disasters. Eligible applicants include local governments, Indian Tribes, non-profit organizations, state forestry agencies, and Alaska Native Corporations. Projects must be on non-federal lands or Trust lands. The program aims to implement the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy's goals of resilient landscapes, fire-adapted communities, and improved wildfire response. Applications must be submitted through cwdg.forestrygrants.org and require documentation of at-risk status, with optional documentation for priority categories. Total funding available for this round could be up to $200 million nationally.
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U.S. Forest Service OMB Control No: 0596-253
EXP Date: 05/31/2027
FS-1500-0045
Overview and Submission Dates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
Purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant
Key Points
Detailed Eligibility and Qualifying Proposal Types
Cost Share Match Requirements and Waivers
Scoring Criteria
Preparing an Application
Project Evaluation and Selection
Contacts for Further Information
Appendix I. Instructions for Submitting Applications through forestrygrants.org
Appendix II. CWDG Application Requirements Checklist
Applications are being requested for the FY 2025 Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG).
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for projects that will be carried out within the footprint of the Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, and for Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands). For Tribes and other regions of the United States, please see appropriate NOFO for specific instructions.
Search for the following grant Opportunity Number in and follow the included instructions:
SUBMIT ALL APPLICATIONS BY 11:59 pm, EASTERN TIME ZONE, March 14, 2025
The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning for and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, ‘‘An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes,’’ commonly referred to as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Specifically, the CWDG is provided for in Title VIII, Section 40803 of that Act. There are two primary project types for which the grant https://www.grants.gov/ at-risk https://forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/thestrategy.shtml https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=2ebab48582f1b4223c33f2ad6477d78f&mc=true&node=se2.1.200_1306&rgn=div8 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=41f52eea9bd297f23a8b8f8a461c2f57&mc=true&node=sp2.1.200.e&rgn=div6 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=41f52eea9bd297f23a8b8f8a461c2f57&mc=true&node=sp2.1.200.e&rgn=div6 o o o https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/construction https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/protections-for-workers-in-construction https://www.stateforesters.org/who-we-are/our-membership/ https://www.stateforesters.org/who-we-are/our-membership/
Table 1-Eligible CWPP Proposals
Table 2 - Eligible Planning Projects https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/01/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-launches-initiative-to-modernize-building-codes-improve-climate-resilience-and-reduce-energy-costs/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/01/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-launches-initiative-to-modernize-building-codes-improve-climate-resilience-and-reduce-energy-costs/
Table 3 - Eligible Prevention/Education/Outreach Projects
Table 4 - Eligible Hazardous Fuels Reduction/Restoration Projects o o o o o https://wildfirerisk.org/cwdg-tool must
Note: there are two separate rubrics; one for CWPPs and one for Projects.
High Score Medium Score Low Score http://www.grants.gov/
It is highly recommended to work with the appropriate state contact (see list in this NOFO) early on in the application process for guidance
Completed application packages are due by 11:59 pm, Eastern Time Zone, , 2025.
https://www.stateforesters.org/forest-action-plans/ https://forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/thestrategy.shtml https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwildfirerisk.org%2Fcwdg-tool&data=05%7C01%7C%7C026428b5d2f345f492d708db83c6edf2%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C638248662645028183%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HM9i1LxsEiicE12yNyqSd5PQibWva8Y%2BLCs%2BfRRKG%2Bg%3D&reserved=0
An at-risk community is defined as an area that is comprised of:
Option 1: An interface community as defined in the notice entitled ‘‘Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk from Wildfire,’’ issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with title IV of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1009) (66 Fed. Reg. 753, January 4, 2001), or Option 2: A group of homes and other structures with basic infrastructure and services (i.e., utilities, collectively maintained transportation routes, etc.) at risk from wildfire as recognized by a state, regional, or national wildfire risk assessment, in which herbaceous or woody fuel conditions in and adjacent to the community are conducive to a wildland fire disturbance event which threatens human life or values-at-risk.
mailto:SM.FS.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov
Impacted by a severe disaster means any event declared, designated, or recognized by a government authority as having caused damage, loss, or destruction to an extent and scale that an unusual or abnormal increase in wildfire risk or hazard potential to a community has occurred. Examples may include Federal, State, Tribal, or county disaster declarations or declared emergencies, events declared by the USDA Farm Services Agency, events declared as a Presidential declared disaster, communities impacted by a FEMA Fire Management Assistance Grant, or widespread insect and disease mortality.
High or very high wildfire hazard potential means the project is located within an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential as defined by a local, state, Tribal, regional, or national wildfire hazard potential assessment.
mailto:SM.FS.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov
Dave Berens david.berens@usda.g ; 601-319-6823
Dave Berens; david.berens@usda.gov; 601-319-6823 https://www.sam.gov/ mailto:sm.fs.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov mailto:david.berens@usda.gov mailto:olivia.standridge@agriculture.arkansas.gov mailto:david.berens@usda.gov mailto:aenglish@gfc.state.ga.us mailto:michael.froelich@ky.gov mailto:david.berens@usda.gov mailto:david.berens@usda.gov mailto:david.berens@usda.gov mailto:eric.ashlock@ag.ok.gov mailto:dcarroll@scfc.gov mailto:bwoods@tfs.tamu.edu mailto:john.miller@dof.virginia.gov mailto:jfigueroa@dsp.pr.gov mailto:daryl.george@vifs.vi.gov
Applicant Support http://www.grants.gov/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/grants https://cwdg.forestrygrants.org/ mailto:SM.FS.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov mailto:sm.fs.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov mailto:sm.fs.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/grants https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ https://www.sam.gov/SAM/
| Overview and Submission Dates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 |
| Purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant |
| Key Points |
| Detailed Eligibility and Qualifying Proposal Types |
| APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY |
| Location of Projects |
| Project Objectives |
| Projects to be Given Priority |
| General Eligibility Criteria |
PROJECT PROPOSAL TYPES
| Cost Share Match Requirements and Waivers |
| Matching Requirements |
| Cost-Share Waiver |
| The Forest Service may waive the cost-sharing requirement for a project that serves an underserved community. In considering a waiver for the cost-sharing requirement, please include in your waiver request sufficient supporting documentation to demons... |
| Scoring Criteria for Community Wildfire Defense Grants (100 points total) |
| Preparing an Application |
| Application Form Instructions |
| Project Evaluation and Selection |
| Contacts for Further Information |
| Appendix I. Instructions for Submitting Applications through cwdg.forestrygrants.org |
| Appendix II. Community Wildfire Defense Grant Application Requirements Checklist |
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