April 11, 2016
Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Program from HUD
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Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants Program from HUD HUD is soliciting applications for the FY2016 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants program. The maximum grant award is $30 million. The Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted
April 4, 2016
ASFPM submits Outside Witness Testimony for programs under NOAA for FY17
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ASFPM Executive Director Chad Berginnis submitted Outside Witness Testimony for Programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Fiscal year 2017. The OWT was submitted to House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies. Read the full letter here.
March 30, 2016
FEMA Issues an Addendum to HFIAA Program Changes: Clear Communication of Risk
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Bulletin-16021 MEMORANDUM FOR: Write Your Own (WYO) Company Principal Coordinators, WYO Vendors, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Direct Servicing Agent FROM: Roy E. Wright Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration SUBJECT: Addendum 4 to April 1, 2016, Program Changes – Revised Underwriting Procedures for HFIAA Section 28,
March 29, 2016
Series of photos on an elevation project
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Step-by-step process of elevating a home from Rod Scott (CFM, of L&R Resources, LLC in Mandeville, Louisiana) Click here for the series of photos.
March 22, 2016
White House Water Summit live today includes ASFPM partnership.
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White House Water Summit to Include ASFPM Partnership to Promote Nature’s Role in Reducing Flood Risk Washington, DC, March 22 – A partnership project between the Association of State Floodplain Managers, The Nature Conservancy, American Planning Association, National Association of Counties and Sasaki Partners to help communities determine the role nature can play in reducing
March 21, 2016
ASFPM submitted today its comments in support of establishing a deductible for FEMA’s PA Program
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ASFPM submitted comments March 21, 2016 on its support of Establishing a Deductible for FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. You can read the responses we submitted to the questions asked in the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking here: https://www.floods.org/ace-images/ASFPM_comments_PAdecuctibleMar2016.pdf
March 18, 2016
USGS publishes “Identifying and preserving high-water mark data: techniques and methods 3-A24”
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USGS Published the Techniques and Methods Report Book 3-Section A24: “Identifying and Preserving High-water Mark Data” The Office of Surface Water announces the availability of the Techniques and Methods report, “Identifying and Preserving High-Water Mark Data (Techniques and Methods Report Book 3-Section A24).” This report was compiled and edited by Todd Koenig and Jennifer Bruce,
March 17, 2016
Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate Issues First Annual Report
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Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate Issues First Annual Report Dave Stearrett, the flood insurance advocate, released his department’s first annual report. In his “message” in the report, Stearrett said, “During our first calendar year (CY) of operations, the OFIA received a few hundred of email inquiries at insurance-advocate@fema.dhs.gov, spanning the four focus areas of
March 16, 2016
FY16 PDM and FMA Application Period Now Open
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FY16 PDM and FMA Application Period Now Open The FY16 Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Flood Mitigation Assistance grant application period opened and will close June 15, 2016 at 3 p.m. EST. Local and tribal governments or sub-applicants must submit planning and project sub-applications to their State/Territory Applicant agency. Contact your State Hazard Mitigation Officer: https://www.fema.gov/state-hazard-mitigation-officers to
March 15, 2016
American Meteorological Society hosting a Summer Policy Colloquium in D.C. June 5-14
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Are you interested in putting your science to work for public benefit while developing your leadership skills? Then register now for the American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium in Washington, D.C., June 5-14, 2016. The deadline to register is March 31. The AMS has organized this science policy immersion workshop for more than a decade,