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Recent Projects

Current Projects

Integrating Watershed & Pre-Disaster Mitigation Planning: Training Workshop - EPA (Oct. 2004-Sept. 2005)
Scope: Develop workshop materials and present initial workshop at 2005 national conference.
Status: Workshop conducted Monday, June 13th at the Madison conference.

CTP Incentives for States-FEMA (Oct. 2004-Sept. 2005)
Scope: Conduct survey of states and prepare a summary report on how to encourage State and locals to take on CTP activities.
Status: Survey transmitted to States. The survey will also be sent to CTPs. We are prompting States and CTPs to complete the questionnaires and are tabulating results.

State Floodplain Management Five-Year Plans - FEMA (Phase II - June, 2005 to May, 2006)
Scope: Phase I - Facilitate Work Group meeting to prepare guidance to States on developing CAP-SSSE 5 year plans and develop gap analysis tool. Phase II - Review State CAP-SSSE 5 year plans, summarize GAP analyzes submitted and propose how to make the gap analysis viable, compare plans to Effective State Program document, conduct a work group meeting and suggest revisions to CAP-SSSE 5-yr. plan guidance. View state 5-year plans here.
Status: Phase I complete. Phase II just started.

Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Program - FEMA & USCOE (Feb 2005-Feb 2006)
Scope: Enhance CEC directory on web site so that CFMs can determine CECs needed, courses available for credit with course locations identified.
Status: Members database recently upgraded to allow members to logon to "members only" area of web site. Training locations added to CEC directory. Member access to CEC directory is under development.

MAP MOD Technical Support - FEMA (June, 2005 - May, 2007)
Scope: Determine the most cost effective techniques that meet quality standards for mapping Zone A floodplains, develop materials to help communities get prepared for FEMA's Flood Map Modernization, and develop training materials for local officials on the use of FEMA's new DFIRM geospatial dataset.
Status: Forming project team.

Coastal NAI Handbook - NOAA (July, 2005 - January, 2007)
Scope: Phase I: Produce a coastal specific handbook version of the No Adverse Impact (NAI) Toolkit. Also produce an overview document for decision makers and citizens to help them understand the impacts of development now and in the future. Phase II: Remove U.S. program specific portions of handbook, translate the handbook to Spanish and make this version available to relevant parties in Central America and other areas of the world.
Status: Forming project team.

Floodplain Management 2003-State and Local Programs updates and supplements previous reports issued in 1989, 1992 and 1995, and is the most complete national tally of the practices by which state and local governments manage their floodplains. The report is available at: http://www.floods.org/PDF/FPM_2003_Final.pdf and the appendix is available at: http://www.floods.org/PDF/FPM_2003_Appendix_Final.pdf.

Effective State Floodplain Management Programs compiles the components that have been the most "effective" in managing floodplains. "Effective" state floodplain management programs are those that are multi-faceted, having adequate enabling authority/legislation, elements of mapping, mitigation, community technical assistance, and education/outreach, etc., etc. This report can be found at: http://www.floods.org/PDF/Effective_State_Programs_Final.pdf.

Case Studies for Local Roadway Systems - American Lifelines Alliance (ALA) - Local road systems are vital components of public infrastructure. ASFPM documented the decision-making factors and processes used by five communities, and identified best practices. The case studies characterized how local officials factor in pertinent regulatory requirements, as well as how they consider the full range of direct and indirect costs – and direct and indirect benefits – associated with the consideration of flood hazards into their decisions. The report is available at: http://www.floods.org/PDF/ALA_Flood_Roads_January2005.pdf and the Case Studies are available at: http://www.floods.org/PDF/ALA_Roads_Combined_Case_Studies.pdf

No Adverse Impact Floodplain Management - Community Case Studies - 2004 - Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) & ASFPM Foundation - Flood damages throughout the nation are increasing. If communities only follow minimum national approaches, that trend will likely continue. In order to assist communities with better approaches for flood loss reduction, ASFPM developed the approach. No Adverse Impact Floodplain Management - Community Case Studies - 2004 includes eleven examples of communities that have incorporated development approaches and other local actions based on No Adverse Impact (NAI) concepts that make sense to local land owners, developers and local decision makers.

Copies of this report were sent to all NFIP coordinators and State Hazard Mitigation Officers. It is available on our web site at http://www.floods.org/PDF/NAI_Case_Studies.pdf. NAI-Case Studies 2004 was based on ASFPM's No Adverse Impact Toolkit. This toolkit explains how communities can incorporate No Adverse Impact approaches in everyday activities like mapping, outreach, planning, regulation and development standards, mitigation, infrastructure, and emergency services. The toolkit can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.floods.org/NoAdverseImpact/NAI_Toolkit_2003.pdf, or high-quality copies can be ordered from ASFPM.