Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) is a Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant program that makes federal funds available to states, U.S. territories, federally recognized Tribal Nations, and local governments for hazard mitigation activities. It does so by recognizing the need to upgrade and modernize the nation’s infrastructure against the growing risks to communities and the need for natural hazard risk mitigation activities that promote resilience with respect to natural hazards.
BRIC empowers states, local governments, Tribal Nations, and territories to make smart investments in resilient infrastructure. By supporting pre-disaster and hazard mitigation projects — such as school safe rooms, utility hardening, relocating critical facilities out of flood areas, and securing pump stations — BRIC aims to save lives, protect property, and reduce the cost of future disaster response and recovery.
Fiscal Years 2024 & 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity
The Florida Division of Emergency Management is pleased to announce the opening of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025. Due to the limited maximum available funding per applicant (State), eligible entities that submitted a subapplication under the previously canceled FY 2024 BRIC application period and the FY 2023 subapplicants who received a “Not Selected” determination from FEMA are invited to re-submit the same projects for funding consideration under this opportunity.
The BRIC FY 2024 and FY 2023 (Not Selected) subapplicants will be contacted directly with an invitation to re-apply and information on the submission deadline and re-submitting the subapplications via the FEMA GO application system.
Key Program Changes
The BRIC program is designed to support proactive hazard mitigation efforts, with a focus on infrastructure projects that reduce long-term disaster risk and enhance community resilience.
- Maximum federal share per project is $20 million (National Competition); phased projects are not eligible
- Capability-and capacity-building activities must directly support infrastructure resilience
- No funding for new or updated Hazard Mitigation Plans
- Simplified evaluation process (100-point scoring system)
- Increased emphasis on project readiness and implementation
Funding Overview
A total of $1 billion in funding is available nationwide, supporting:
- Hazard mitigation projects
- Capability- and capacity-building activities tied to infrastructure resilience
- Management costs
- Building code adoption and enforcement initiatives
Funding is distributed across multiple categories, including:
- National Competition
- State/Territory Allocations
- Tribal Set-Aside
Note: No applicant (State) may receive more than 15% ($150,000,000) of the total available funding across all categories.
Have Questions?
E-mail our Non-Disaster Program: non-disasterprograms@em.myflorida.com
- FDEM FY 2024-2025 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Application Period Announcement
- FY 2024- 2025 BRIC Notice of Funding Opportunity
- FEMA GO Registration Guidance
- Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Community Lifelines
- FEMA GO Subapplication Process Guide
- FEMA GO Subapplication Development User Manual
- FY 2022 FMA and BRIC Statewide Webinar Presentation
- FY 2022 FMA and BRIC Webinar Minutes
- FEMA HMA BRIC Technical Evaluation Criteria
- FEMA HMA BRIC Qualitative Evaluation Criteria
- FEMA GO Plan Subapplication
- FEMA GO Project Scoping Subapplication
- FEMA GO Project Subapplication
- FEMA HMA Cost Estimation Webinar Presentation
Eligible Subapplicants are:
- State Agencies
- Federally-Recognized Tribes
- Local Governments/Communities
- Federally-recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Local governments may include non-federally recognized tribes or, consistent with the definition of local government in 42 U.S.C. § 5122(8), may include any tribe, authorized tribal organization, or Alaska Native village or organization that is not federally recognized according to 25 U.S.C. § 479(a) et seq.
The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program makes federal funds available for hazard mitigation activities with the goal of lowering future disaster costs. It does so with a recognition of the need to upgrade and modernize the nation’s infrastructure against natural weather disasters, and of the need for natural hazard risk mitigation activities and resilience with respect to those hazards.
The BRIC program prioritizes investments in infrastructure and construction projects that deliver immediate, measurable risk reduction to public infrastructure and communities vulnerable to natural hazards. The program’s primary focus is on supporting projects ready for implementation and incentivizing the adoption and enforcement of the latest published editions of hazard-resistant building codes.
As appropriated by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. No. 116-6); Section 203(i) of the Stafford Act, as amended (Pub. L. No. 93-288) (42 U.S.C. § 5133), the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program provides resources to assist states, tribal governments, territories and local communities in their efforts to implement a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (Pub. L. No. 93-288) (42 U.S.C. § 5133) as implemented by Hazard Mitigation Assistance: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (FP:104-008-05).
Applicants and Subapplicants must have a FEMA approved mitigation plan as of the application deadline in order to apply for mitigation projects in accordance with Title 44 CFR Part 201.
- BRIC projects must be cost-effective, technically feasible, effective, and consistent with the goals of applicable FEMA-approved State and local multi-hazard mitigation plans.
- Eligible subapplications are awarded on a nationally competitive basis.
- Federal funding is available for up to 75 percent of the eligible activity cost.
- Small, impoverished communities may be eligible for up to a 90 percent federal cost share.
The traditional FEMA-approved software-based BCA Flood Modules to determine the cost effectiveness of a project must be used. Subapplicants must use a FEMA approved methodology to perform a BCA. Only project subapplications that demonstrate cost-effectiveness through a benefit cost ratio of 1.0 or greater will be considered. The BCA must be attached to the subapplicant's application. The FEMA approved BCA Toolkit, which includes the Flood Modules, may be downloaded at no cost at www.fema.gov/benefit-cost-analysis. The BCA Helpline may be contacted by telephone (855-540-6744) or via e-mail bchelpline@fema.dhs.gov.
FEMA has developed resources to assist subapplicants with project and planning subapplications. The resources can be found on the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants web page.
Publications and tools for the BRIC program can be found in the links below:
State of Florida
Division of Emergency Management
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program
2489 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32311
