File #: 18-2252    Version: 1 Name: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 2/16/2018 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/14/2018 Final action: 3/14/2018
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grantee: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grantor: Federal Emergency Management Agency Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Amount: $1,677,592.19 Grant Period: 5/29/2015 - 10/30/2018 Fiscal Impact: N/A Accounts: N/A Concurrences: Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant aims to reduce or eliminate claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). FMA provides funding to states, territories, federally-recognized tribes and local communities for projects and planning that reduces or eliminates long-term risk of flood damage to structures insured uner the NFIP. Specifically, with these grant funds, Cook County will acquire NFIP insured property with a high likelihood of flooding. FMA fu...
Indexes: (Inactive) WILLIAM BARNES, Executive Director, Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  Homeland Security and Emergency Management

 

Grantee:  Homeland Security and Emergency Management

 

Grantor:  Federal Emergency Management Agency

 

Request:  Authorization to accept grant 

 

Purpose:  Flood Mitigation Assistance

 

Grant Amount:  $1,677,592.19

 

Grant Period:  5/29/2015 - 10/30/2018

 

Fiscal Impact:  N/A

 

Accounts:  N/A

 

Concurrences:

Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.

 

Summary:  FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant aims to reduce or eliminate claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). FMA provides funding to states, territories, federally-recognized tribes and local communities for projects and planning that reduces or eliminates long-term risk of flood damage to structures insured uner the NFIP. Specifically, with these grant funds, Cook County will acquire NFIP insured property with a high likelihood of flooding. FMA funding is also available for management costs.

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