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Community

This webpage identifies potential funding opportunities that can be used to address community mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery needs related to coastal hazards.

State Authorized Programs

• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  • Clean Rivers Program (CRP)

• Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
  • Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 
  • Housing Trust Fund 

• Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA)
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 
  • Downtown Revitalization Program 

• Texas Division of Emergency Management
  • Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
  • Funds Management Section (FMS) 
  • State of Texas Hazard Mitigation Plan (2010-2013)

• Texas General Land Office (TGLO)
  • Coastal Management Program (CMP)
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Hazard Mitigation

• Texas Water Development Board
  • Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Program
  • Flood Mitigation Planning Program
  • Flood Protection Planning Program 
  • Regional Facility Planning Grant Program 
  • Regional Water Planning Group Grant Program
  • State Loan Program Texas Water Development Fund II (DFund)
  • State Participation Program
  • Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS)- Strategic Mapping Program
  • Texas Water Bank and Water Trust
  • Water Research Grant Program

Federally Authorized Programs

• Federal Grants: Find/Apply for federal grants. 
• Federal Grants Wire: A free resource for federal grants, government grants and loans. 
• GovLoans: Search for disaster relief loan programs.
  • Army Corps of Engineers
• Grant Search 
• Institute for Water Resources
  • Emergency Operations
  • Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief
  • Emergency Streambank and Shoreline Protection
  • FY13 Budget
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)
• Costal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for Construction
• Department of Agriculture
  • Disaster Assistance Programs
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Programs
    • Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program
    • Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program
    • Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program
    • Watershed Rehabilitation
    • Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
    • Watershed Surveys and Planning
  • Rural Development Disaster Assistance
    • Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
    • Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) Program
    • Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) Program
    • Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG)
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Office of Acquisition Management, Contracts, & Grants (AMCG)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
  • Disaster Recovery Assistance
• Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
  • Emergency Relief (ER) Program 
  • Emergency Relief Manual
  • Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) Hazardous Materials Emergency
  • Preparedness (HMEP) Grant Program 
• Department of Homeland Security
  • Grants for Business
  • Grants and Assistance Programs for Governments
  • State Homeland Security and Emergency Services
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • All-Hazards Emergency Operational Planning (FY2009)
  • Comprehensive Planning Guide (CPG) 101
  • Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 502
  • Citizens Corp
  • Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
  • Community Disaster Loans
  • Competitive Training Grants Program (CTGP)
  • Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP)
  • COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program
  • FEMA Preparedness Cycle and Resources
  • Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)(FY2012)
    • Assistance to Fire Fighter Grants (AFG)
    • Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
    • Intercity Passenger Rail Security Grant Program (IPR)
    • Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP)
    • Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)
    • Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)
    • State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)
    • Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
    • Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP)
    • Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
  • Preparedness (Non-Disaster) Grant Program
• Grant Program Overview (FY2012) 
• Grant Program Overview (FY2013)

• Buffer Zone Protection Program
• Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP)
• Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP)
• Community Assistance Program, State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE)
• Community Disaster Loan Program
• Disaster Assistance: A Guide to Recovery Programs
• Emergency Food and Shelter Board Program
• Emergency Operations Center Grant Program (FY2011)
• Fire Management Assistance Grant Program
• Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program
• Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
• Hazardous Materials Assistance Program
• Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP)Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Programs
• Multi-Year Flood Hazard Identification Plan (MHIP)
• National Dam Safety Program
• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
• National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• National Hurricane Program
• Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program 
• Public Assistance Grant Program
• Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program
• Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant program
• Reimbursement for Firefighting on Federal Property
• Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) Program
• Section 406 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
• Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) Program
• Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
  • Gulf of Mexico Project Funding
  • Nonpoint Source Pollution Funding
  • Water Pollution Control Program Grants
  • Water Quality Cooperative Agreements
  • Watershed Funding
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
  • Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDG)
• Federal Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Ameri Corps
  • Senior Corps
• National Institute of Justice
  • Communications Technology, Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program (FY2013), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
• National Storm Shelter Associations (OJP)
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Disaster Loan Program
  • Small Business Administration Disaster Assistant Program

Education and Training

• American Red Cross
• CDC-Bioterrorism Training and education
• EPA-Watershed Academy Webcast Seminars 
• FEMA-Blog
• FEMA-Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP)
• FEMA-HAZUS Training 
• FEMA-Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Training and Planning
• FEMA-National Preparedness Directorate National Training and Education 
• MetEd by by UCAR and NOAA’s NWS 
• NOAA-Education Resources 
• TGLO-2012 Disaster Recovery Housing Conference 
• USACE-2012 Flood Risk Management and Silver Jackets workshop
• USACE-Water Resources Training and Education 
• US Department of Health and Huamn Services