Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 2 | DHS 17 MT 045 02 01

Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 17 MT 045 02 01

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 2 is a discretionary FEMA funding opportunity, offered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA, designed to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The core idea is to build and deepen partnerships across federal, state, tribal, regional, and local levels so communities can reduce flood losses and become more resilient over time. Rather than treating flood mapping and flood risk communication as strictly federal tasks, the program encourages shared ownership, where capable local or regional partners help produce, maintain, and communicate high-quality flood risk data and products that support real-world decision-making.

This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement as the primary funding instrument, which typically signals more active involvement and collaboration with FEMA than a standard grant. Projects funded under the CTP Program are meant to support NFIP-participating communities and NFIP State Coordinating Agencies in carrying out ongoing regulatory responsibilities, while also helping states, communities, and both the public and private sectors better understand and mitigate flood risk. A major emphasis is on developing and maintaining flood hazard and risk products, especially Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), along with other risk-related datasets and tools that align with FEMA's broader Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program goals.

The program is open only to qualified Cooperating Technical Partners, meaning an applicant must already be a CTP with a signed Partnership Agreement with FEMA Headquarters or a FEMA Regional Office. Eligibility extends across several types of organizations, including state, county, and city or township governments; special districts; public and state-controlled colleges and universities; federally recognized tribal governments; and eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education). The key limitation is that simply being a government or nonprofit entity is not enough by itself; the organization must meet the CTP-specific requirements and be positioned to carry out technical and programmatic mapping-related work that supports FEMA and NFIP priorities.

To qualify and remain in good standing for funding, recipients generally must be or represent an NFIP community in good standing, or be a FEMA-approved nonprofit whose primary mission supports NFIP goals. Applicants also need to show they already have non-federally funded processes or systems in place for collecting, developing, evaluating, sharing, and communicating flood hazard and flood risk assessment data and mapping. In practical terms, FEMA is looking for partners with existing capacity and infrastructure, not organizations starting from scratch. Applicants must also demonstrate they can deliver the proposed work, meet CTP performance metrics, and provide timely, accurate performance reporting to FEMA.

The types of activities supported under this opportunity include program management tasks, technical risk analysis and mapping work, and communication efforts that help translate flood hazard and risk information into something communities and stakeholders can use. The program explicitly promotes greater local involvement in and ownership of flood risk data development and maintenance, which can make mapping and mitigation efforts more sustainable and more responsive to local conditions. FEMA may also provide non-monetary support such as technical assistance, training, and data to help a partner successfully complete work within the relevant project categories.

A notable operational requirement is that, when applicable, funded partners must use FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP). Recipients may be required to perform work within the MIP environment and update project activities at least every 30 days in the Studies Workflow, and more frequently when operating in the Revisions Workflow. This reflects FEMA's emphasis on consistent project tracking, transparency, and standardized workflows for mapping and flood risk products.

Applicants are expected to coordinate with FEMA before submitting an application. This pre-application engagement is meant to align proposed tasks with FEMA program priorities, objectives, and performance measures, and to clarify what specific work will be undertaken. Funding provided through the cooperative agreement is described as being in addition to leveraged resources, services, and data that the CTP partner may contribute, reinforcing the program's partnership model where FEMA funds are paired with partner capacity and inputs to achieve shared outcomes.

Awards under this opportunity require compliance with several layers of obligations: the terms and conditions of the award, the program announcement requirements, and the existing Partnership Agreement. The scope of work is formalized through FEMA-approved documents such as a Statement of Work or a Mapping Activity Statement. Templates for these required documents are available through the awarding FEMA organization, either the FEMA Region or FEMA Headquarters. Administrative details listed for the FY 2017 Region 2 posting include a funding opportunity number of DHS 17 MT 045 02 01, a CFDA number of 97.045, an original posting date of June 1, 2017, and an original closing date of July 1, 2017, with an anticipated two awards noted in the source summary (and an award ceiling listed as 0 in the provided record, which often indicates the ceiling was unspecified in that particular listing rather than that no funding is available).

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.045.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 01, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

Apply for DHS 17 MT 045 02 01

[Watch] Creating a grant proposal using the step-by-step wizard inside the applicant portal: