Below is the Florida Division of Emergency Management's 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Mitigation Grant Program ("BRIC").
 BRIC's priorities are to:
Incentivize natural hazard risk reduction activities that mitigate risk to public
infrastructure
Prioritize benefits to disadvantaged communities
Mitigate risk to one or more community lifelines
Incorporate nature-based solutions
Enhance climate resilience and adaptation
Increase funding to applicants that facilitate the adoption and enforcement of the
latest published editions of building codes

Unfortunately, under FEMA regulations, co-ops, as PNP subrecipients, can not apply directly to FDEM or FEMA for BRIC funds but must partner with local counties and the counties will submit the subapplication to FDEM who will forward it to FEMA.  Therefore, if you are interested in applying for BRIC funds you should contact your county Emergency Manager and coordinate with them.

Michelle Hershel
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Florida Electric Cooperatives Assoc.
2916 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Cell:  (850) 510-1693
(850)877-6166, ext. 3

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From: Dhuwe, Laura <Laura.Dhuwe@em.myflorida.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 1:02 PM
Subject: FY 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Notice of Funding Opportunity

[cid:image003.png@01D79055.B654CE30]August 13, 2021

BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES
MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
2021 NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Open Application Period for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program
Begins September 30, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced the opening of the FY 2021 Application Period for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. FEMA's Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is attached and can be found at www.grants.gov<http://www.grants.gov>.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) is soliciting eligible subapplicants to prepare and submit subapplications for the BRIC grant program. All subapplications must be submitted to FDEM via the FEMA GO grant application system on or before November 12, 2021 by 5:00 PM EST. Only complete subapplications will be accepted and reviewed.

A schedule of webinars supporting the FY2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity is attached. For information on training and resources on FEMA's grant application system (FEMA GO), please visit FEMA's website at https://www.fema.gov/grants/guidance-tools/fema-go or contact the FEMA GO Helpdesk at 1-877-611-4700 or via e-mail at FEMAGO@fema.dhs.gov<mailto:FEMAGO@fema.dhs.gov>.

The attached FY 2021 BRIC Grant Program Fact Sheet provides Key FY 2021 BRIC Grant Program Changes and FEMA's evaluation criteria and priorities. Detailed information regarding BRIC and application development can be found at https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities and https://www.floridadisaster.org/dem/mitigation/builing-resilient-infrastructure-and-communities-bric-grant-program/.

Contact:  If you have any questions about this program, please see the attached Non-Disaster Grant Programs Project Manager Territorial Assignments Map for the contact information for the project manager assigned to your community.

Attachments:
FY 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Notice of Funding Opportunity
FY 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Fact Sheet
FY 2021 FMA & BRIC Webinar Series Schedule
Non-Disaster Grant Programs Project Manager Territorial Assignments Map

Under Florida law, correspondence with the Florida Division of Emergency Management concerning agency business that is neither confidential nor exempt pursuant to Florida Statutes is a public record and will be made available to the public upon request.