Hazard Mitigation Grant

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grant program (CFDA 83.548) has not issued a grant award since July 2003, making this program inactive for current pursuit. The most recent documented grant awards were two Project Grants issued in mid-2003: one for $300,000 supporting NEHRP constituency coordination and another for $150,000 funding the NFPA Firewise urban and wildland fire mitigation education initiative. A third award from April 2001 provided $282,025 to a wind engineering information and outreach center. All three awards were Project Grants with completion dates in 2003.

The program's portfolio reflects minimal recent activity. Across the documented grant history, FEMA State and Local Programs and Support funded three awards totaling $732 thousand in federal obligations over a two-year span (2001–2003). No grant opportunities have been posted recently, and the absence of awards for more than two decades indicates the program is dormant.

When active, this program funded hazard mitigation education, information dissemination, and constituency support efforts—activities directed at reducing disaster risk through outreach and engineering knowledge transfer rather than direct infrastructure or recovery work. The assistance type was uniformly Project Grants, reflecting targeted, time-limited initiatives.

The economics envelope was modest relative to contemporary grant programs, with individual awards ranging from $150,000 to $300,000. No cost-share or matching requirements are evident from the award records.

Given the twenty-three-year funding gap, absence of recent solicitations, and no current opportunities listed, this program should be marked as inactive. Organizations interested in hazard mitigation funding should explore active FEMA programs such as the Hazard Mitigation Assistance suite or Building Resilience Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, which carry current funding cycles and posted opportunities.