Department of Homeland Security - FEMA · Department of Homeland Security
Fiscal Year 2026 Flood Mitigation Assistance
In short: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA expects to make 40 awards. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Feb 26, 2027 · 127 days left
- Award size
- Not stated: see the official notice
- Total available
- $400M · about 40 awards
- Match ?
- Required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- City or town government, State government, Tribal government, Tribal organization, County government, and others named in the official notice
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 33
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About this grant
Who can apply, from the official notice
Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/aca6c6dc-72d9-4b69-b9ca-235a828f6144 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/adf78d1c-70f2-4a0e-8bd4-d4102b004669
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Your schedule, working back from the deadline
- Oct22
Check that your SAM.gov registration is active (or start it now)
Grants.gov: allow up to 10 business days for SAM registration, weeks or months if information isn't verified. It must be renewed every year. Grants.gov - Feb5
Ask partners for letters of support or commitment
Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters. - Feb19
Finish a complete draft for a final review
Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft. - Feb24
Submit
Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog - Feb26
Deadline
From the funder.
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Who in Tennessee has won this program
31 awards to Tennessee groups in 5 counties since 2019. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Emergency Management Authority | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.2M | 2020 |
| Metro Water Services, Stormwater Division | Nashville, Davidson County | $914K | 2019 |
| Metro Nashville & Davidson County | Nashville | $882K | 2015 |
| Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County | Nashville, Davidson County | $497K | 2017 |
| City of Cleveland, TN | Cleveland | $328K | 2016 |
| City of Knoxville, Tennessee | Knoxville | $276K | 2019 |
| City of Cleveland, TN | Cleveland | $212K | 2014 |
| Hamilton County, TN | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | $184K | 2019 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $177K spent that year | 2025 |
| Metro Nashville-Davidson County | Nashville | $147K | 2007 |
| Metro Nashville-Davidson County | Nashville | $132K | 2005 |
| Nashville, City of & Davidson County | Nashville | $98K | 2000 |
Source: USAspending.gov; OpenFEMA; Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Datasets: FEMA Non-Disaster Assistance Firefighter Grants - v1 and HMA Subapplications - v2. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026, 5:52 AM CDT. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 2 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | TN Emergency Management | $80K spent that year | 2023 |
| Hamilton County, Tennessee | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Emergency Management Agency | $19K spent that year | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
Similar grants open or opening soon
From other funders, about the same kind of work.
- CDBG-DR 2020-2021 Disasters Activity Application (2020 and 2021 storms, tornadoes and flooding) · TN Department of Economic & Community Development · No deadline listed: see the official notice
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About the federal program
Flood Mitigation Assistance, also called “Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants (National Flood Insurance Act Sec 1366)”
Program number 97.029 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency · Project grant