Grant Details

The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program makes federal funds available to states, U.S. territories, federally recognized Tribal governments, and local governments for hazard mitigation activities. It does so with a recognition of the growing hazards associated with climate change, and of the need for natural hazard risk mitigation activities that promote climate adaptation and resilience with respect to those hazards. These include both acute extreme weather events and chronic stressors which have been observed and are expected to increase in intensity and frequency in the future.

The BRIC program's guiding principles include supporting communities through capability and capacity-building; encouraging and enabling innovation, including multi-hazard resilience or nature-based solutions; promoting partnerships; enabling large, systems-based projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency. Through these efforts communities are able to better understand disaster risk and vulnerabilities, conduct community-driven resilience, hazard mitigation planning, and design transformational projects and programs. FEMA's Mitigation Action Portfolio showcases mitigation projects to provide practitioners with examples of activities that integrate the Investment Strategy's goals and reflect the guiding principles of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA).

Certain awards made under this funding opportunity may be funded, in whole or in part, by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The BIL is a once-in-a-generation investment in infrastructure, which will grow a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable economy by enhancing U.S. competitiveness. The BIL appropriates billions of dollars to FEMA to promote resilient infrastructure, respond to the impacts of climate change, and equip our nation with the resources to combat its most pressing threats. 

FEMA will provide financial assistance to eligible BRIC applicants for the following activities:  

• Capability and Capacity Building (C&CB) activities – activities that enhance the knowledge, skills, and expertise of the current workforce to expand or improve the administration of hazard mitigation assistance. This includes activities in the following sub-categories: building codes, partnerships, project scoping, hazard mitigation planning and planning-related activities, and other activities as defined in the HMA Guide, Part 10, C.2.1.1. BRIC: Capability and Capacity Building Activities 
• Hazard Mitigation Projects – cost-effective hazard mitigation projects designed to increase resilience and public safety; reduce injuries and loss of life; and reduce damage and destruction to property, critical services, facilities, and infrastructure (including natural systems) from a multitude of natural hazards, including drought, wildfire, earthquakes, extreme heat, and the effects of climate change.  
• Management Costs – financial assistance to reimburse the recipient and subrecipient for eligible and reasonable indirect costs, direct administrative costs, and other administrative expenses associated with a specific award or subaward.  

For more information about available assistance through the BRIC grant program, including how to submit various project types in FEMA Grants Outcomes System (FEMA GO), refer to the Program Support Material (PSM) Resources for the BRIC Grant Program webpage. https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/learn/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities/resources

Applicants can submit applications for this funding opportunity through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO). Access the system at https://go.fema.gov/