FY 2024-2025 BRIC Notice of Funding Opportunity for States and Territories

Why It Matters

The retooled BRIC directs substantial federal dollars toward large, shovel-ready infrastructure projects that can immediately reduce disaster risk and future recovery costs, while delegating more implementation authority to state and local governments. This shift could speed project delivery and reshape how mitigation funding is allocated across communities.

Summary

FEMA on March 25 published a FY2024–25 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, making $1 billion available nationwide with a renewed focus on construction-ready, infrastructure-oriented hazard mitigation projects. The revised BRIC narrows its scope to prioritize measurable risk reduction, accelerates funding by eliminating phased projects, simplifies national competition scoring, and incentivizes adoption of up-to-date hazard-resistant building codes. FEMA also removed funding for hazard mitigation planning and non-financial technical assistance, shifting greater responsibility and discretion to states, territories, and tribes. The agency held a webinar to walk applicants through eligibility, application best practices, and use of the FEMA GO portal ahead of the competition deadline.

Original Description

This webinar explains the details and changes to the Fiscal Years 2024 & 2025 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The webinar is designed to:

Increase awareness and understanding of BRIC funding opportunities, timelines, and priorities among State, Territorial, Tribal, and local stakeholders.

Clarify applicant/subapplicant eligibility, cost share, and program requirements.

Provide practical technical guidance on developing strong, competitive applications.

Highlight examples of successful projects and effective strategies.

Strengthen engagement with State, local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners and relevant federal partners.