Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Competitive Grants

The Department of Homeland Security administered the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Competitive Grants program (CFDA 97.017), with the most recent grant award issued on September 17, 2007—nearly nineteen years ago.

This program is no longer active. The source documents thirteen total Project Grants disbursed between April 2004 and September 2007, with award activity concentrated in 2007 (eight awards). No grant opportunities are currently open or have been posted recently. The portfolio shows no federal grant awards after 2007.

When active, PDM Competitive Grants funded disaster mitigation projects through 100% Project Grants. Representative awards illustrate the scope: a $5.87 million award in September 2005 for an unspecified mitigation project; a $724 thousand award in July 2005; and a $1.07 million award in April 2004. Smaller awards in the portfolio ranged from approximately $9 thousand to $650 thousand. The Department of Homeland Security was the sole funding agency across all thirteen awards.

The program obligated a total of $8.59 million in federal dollars across the portfolio. Award lifecycles typically ran three to five years from obligation to completion, with most projects completing between 2008 and 2013.

No current grant opportunities exist under this Assistance Listing. Any organization considering pre-disaster mitigation funding from DHS should investigate whether this program has been succeeded by or consolidated into other active DHS mitigation grant vehicles or whether funding authority has lapsed entirely. The nineteen-year hiatus since the last award suggests the program is not a viable current funding avenue.