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Course: Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Workshop (FY 2010)

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This half-day (four hour) workshop is designed to familiarize local governments, agencies, colleges/universities, and officials with FEMA’s Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants. The workshop will combine a variety of methods including a nuts and bolts presentation, hands-on activities, and class discussions. It will include an overview of the four annual Unified HMA grants, Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA), Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC), Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL), and the post-disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), as well as:

• The project development process with an emphasis on Benefit Cost Analysis, establishing a project committee, creating a project budget, and required documentation;
• Eligible mitigation project and planning activities;
• The grant award process.

The intended audience is:

• Local Planners to include Stormwater, Public Works, Zoning,
• Floodplain Managers/Planners
• Local Emergency Coordinators
• Building/Housing/Code Compliance Officials
• Grant writers

Contact Information:

Philip Hunt

Philip.Hunt@vdem.virginia.gov

(804) 897-6500 ext. 6535

Program: EM Training
Credit: hours
Prerequisite:

Contact Information:
     Philip Hunt
     philip.hunt@vdem.virginia.gov
     (804) 897-6500 ext. 6535