Description
The Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) program provides funding to states to provide technical assistance to communities in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and to evaluate community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. The program goals include growing local capacity and capability to improve resiliency through floodplain management, building state floodplain management capability and promoting strong state interagency coordination and collaboration, and promoting the benefits and driving demand for strong floodplain management development standards and insurance. The program will focus on implementing the CAP-SSSE transformation recommendations, including defining a model state program with identified performance measures and state assessment criteria and creating a tiered structure to build/reward state capabilities.
• Eligible applicants include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
• The program encourages the purchase and use of IT tools, including computers, cameras, and printer/scanners, for performing all aspects of State Coordinator duties related to the Community Assistance Program.
• The program allows for various activities, including planning, training, outreach, and general technical assistance, to support implementation and enforcement of community floodplain management regulations.
• The program requires a 25 percent non-federal cost match for all recipients of CAP-SSSE funds.
• The program has a projected period of performance of 12 months, with an option for extension.