Funding Opportunities
Accessing $$ for
Disaster Resistance
Flooding
Tornado
Earthquake
Increased Cost of Disasters
♦ 1993 Snow Storm, $12 Million
♦ 1994 Ice Storm, $64 Million
♦ 2003 Tornadoes/Flooding, $77 Million
♦ 2008 Tornadoes, $33 Million
♦ 2010 Tornadoes/Flooding, $600 Million
♦ 2011 Tornadoes/Flooding, $100 Million
What is Hazard Mitigation?
Any action taken to
permanently eliminate or
significantly reduce the longterm risk to human life and
property from hazards and
their effects.
Types of Mitigation Measures
(Citizens)
 Secure furniture to the wall or floor
 Apply shatterproof film to windows
 Raise electrical outlets
 Elevate units such as air/heat and
water heaters
 Acquire a weather radio
 Insulate water pipes
 Retrofit closet as storm shelter
Eligible Activities
♦ Acquisition/Demolition
(no elevations)
♦ Reinforced Corridors or Community
Safe Rooms
(no individual safe rooms)
♦ Flood Control, Retention/Detention
Basins, Drainage Improvement
♦ Seismic Retrofit
♦ Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Flooding – Lincoln County, TN
Tornado – Lake County, TN
Earthquake, Shelby County, TN
Grant Programs
Non-Disaster and
Disaster Related
Available Mitigation Assistance
 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
(HMGP)
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
Assists States and local
communities in implementing
long-term hazard mitigation
measures following a major
disaster declaration.
HMGP Continued
Section 404
 Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
 Identified Projects in
High Risk Areas
 Limited Funds
 Long Application
Process
Section 406
 Public Assistance
 Preventive
Measures to
Damaged Areas
 Unlimited Funds
 Inspector Visit
Who is eligible?
 Government Entities
● Local Governments
● State Agencies
 Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages
 Certain private non-profit organizations
● Medical
(Hospitals & Outpatient Care, Rehabilitation Centers, Long-
Term Care)
● Educational
(Elementary, Secondary, & State-Owned Institutions of
Higher Learning)
● Utilities
(Telephone, Power, Sewage Treatment, etc)
● Custodial
(Nursing Homes, Congregate Living for Aging and Disabled)
● Emergency
● Others
(Police, Fire, Ambulance, and Rescue Services)
(Governmental Types of Services open to Public: Museums,
Zoos, Libraries, etc)
Project Eligibility Requirements
 All programs require…
● Compliance with State/Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
● Environmentally sound
● Provides a beneficial impact on the disaster area
● Represents a permanent solution to a problem
● Demonstrates cost-effectiveness
● Impacts a community participating in good standing
in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
● Meets all applicable state and local permit
requirements and does not contribute or encourage
development in the floodplain or other vulnerable
areas.
Funding
 HMGP available funding is 15% of the
federal share spent on Individual and
Public Assistance during a Presidential
Declaration
 Competitive Statewide
 7% Planning Funds
Local Cost Share
Cash
Local Government Revenues
Non-Government
Community Development Block Grants
3rd Party In-Kind
Volunteer Services
Donated Supplies and Materials
Loaned Equipment or Space
In-Kind
Supplies
Materials
Equipment
Personnel
Federal
Cash
and/or
In-Kind
Questions
Questions not asked are
seldom answered…
Unknown
Contacts
♦ Donna Holden
615.532.9221
dholden@tnema.org
♦ Mary Lynn Gillingham
615.741.3783
mgillingham@tnema.org
♦ Billy Harper
615.741.3724
bharper@tnema.org