Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive Program
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive Program provides grants to states/tribes that, in turn, provide sub-grants to local governments for cost-effective mitigation activities that are selected via a national ranking and evaluation process. Funds are used to implement a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program to reduce overall risk to the population and structures, while also reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations.
Projects funded through PDM must be located physically in a participating National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) community if they have been identified through the NFIP as having a special flood hazard area (a Flood Hazard Boundary Map, or Flood Insurance Rate Map has been issued). In addition, the community cannot be on suspension or on probation from the NFIP.
44 CFR Part 201 -- Hazard Mitigation Planning, established criteria for state and local hazard mitigation planning authorized by §322 of the Stafford Act, as amended by §104 of the DMA. Local governments and Indian tribes applying for PDM funds through the states will have to have an approved local all-hazard
mitigation plan prior to the approval of local mitigation project grants. States will also be required to have an approved standard state mitigation plan in order to receive PDM funds for state or local mitigation projects after November 1, 2004. Therefore, the development of state and local multi-hazard mitigation plans is key to maintaining eligibility for future PDM funding.
- The program must have yearly allocation from Congress
- The program requires an All Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
- The program has a Community NFIP Compliance Criteria
- The program is administered by the state
- The program is voluntary and competitive
- The program is cost-share with state/local community
- Projects must meet benefit-cost, environmental, and other federal, state and local criteria
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