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The purpose of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program is to implement and sustain cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding from future disasters. This PDM program strengthens National Preparedness and Resilience and supports the national preparedness goal of mitigation, as specified in the Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8).
 
The agency's priorities for funding PDM applications are:

1. State/Territory allocation: Planning and project activities from each State, Territory and the District of Columbia up to a maximum of 1 percent of the PDM funds appropriated for the FY or $575,000, whichever is less, in accordance with Section 203(f)(2)(A) of the Stafford Act
2. Tribal allocation set aside: Planning and project activities from Federally-recognized Native American Tribal Applicants up to a maximum of 1 percent of the PDM funds appropriated, or $575,000, whichever is less, not to exceed a total set aside amount of 10 percent of the PDM appropriation
3. Planning subapplications consistent with Title 44 CFR Part 201 from Applicants that do not have Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
4. Project subapplications from Applicants that do not have HMGP regular project funds available in order as follows:
   • i. Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities (CRMA), including Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), Floodplain and Stream Restoration (FSR), and Flood Diversion and Storage (FDS); and pre- or postwildfire mitigation activities or any mitigation action that utilizes green infrastructure approaches
   • ii. Non-flood hazard mitigation projects (e.g., seismic, wildfire, landslide and wind) and non-acquisition/elevation/mitigation reconstruction flood mitigation activities (e.g., stormwater management and flood control measures)
   • iii. Acquisition, elevation and mitigation reconstruction projects
   • iv. Generators for critical facilities as identified in a FEMA-approved Mitigation Plan
5. Planning subapplications from Applicants that have HMGP planning funds available
6. Project subapplications from Applicants that have HMGP regular project funds available in the following order:
   • i. CRMA projects and pre- or post-wildfire mitigation activities or any mitigation action that utilizes green infrastructure approaches
   • ii. Non-flood hazard mitigation projects and non-acquisition/ elevation/mitigation reconstruction flood mitigation activities
   • iii. Acquisition, elevation and mitigation reconstruction projects
   • iv. Generators for critical facilities

 
For the competitive subapplications in priority categories 3 through 6 above, FEMA will further prioritize subapplications as follows:

• Small, impoverished community status;
• FEMA-validated residential or commercial Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) rating, as appropriate to the activity type, from a grade of 1 to 10; and
• FEMA-validated Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) for projects.