Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) Tribes
This announcement contains the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)/Instructions.
To apply after reading the NOFO, visit the application portal at cwdg.forestrygrants.org.
The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire.
The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.
More details on these three priorities can be found in the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs).
The CWDG helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy):
Restore and Maintain Landscapes:
Landscapes, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, are resilient to fire, insect, disease, invasive species, and climate change disturbances, in accordance with management objectives.
Create Fire Adapted Communities:
Human populations and infrastructure are as prepared as possible to receive, respond to, and recover from wildland fire.
Improve Wildfire Response:
All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions.
This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding:
The development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) The implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old Applicant Webinars for CWDG Round 3 have been scheduled as follows.
The application process in Round 3 is the same for all applicants.
Any applicant in any region, area, or Tribe may attend any webinar, they will all have the same content, however, the December 4th webinar will be more focused on Tribal applications and Tribal application Q&A.
This information will also be on the Forest Service CWDG website, link below.
To attend a webinar, please register in advance by clicking on the link following each date:
Monday, December 2nd, 2pm-4pm Eastern https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-i032QISWGJhNKj6g-UyA Wednesday, December 4th, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern (Tribal focused) https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C6N_tnRGSwSgbZU0CFifrQ Friday, December 6th, 2pm-4pm Eastern https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jnadv39gSPKwBv9qYqeAGQ Applicant Webinar recordings will be made available soon after the webinars for those unable to attend one of the live offerings, check back on the Forest Service CWDG website for recordings.
In addition to the webinars above, the Forest Service will be offering periodic "office hours" for applicants throughout the application period.
Please visit the CWDG website below for dates and times.
To apply after reading the NOFO, visit the application portal at cwdg.forestrygrants.org.
The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire.
The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.
More details on these three priorities can be found in the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs).
The CWDG helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy):
Restore and Maintain Landscapes:
Landscapes, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, are resilient to fire, insect, disease, invasive species, and climate change disturbances, in accordance with management objectives.
Create Fire Adapted Communities:
Human populations and infrastructure are as prepared as possible to receive, respond to, and recover from wildland fire.
Improve Wildfire Response:
All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions.
This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding:
The development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) The implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old Applicant Webinars for CWDG Round 3 have been scheduled as follows.
The application process in Round 3 is the same for all applicants.
Any applicant in any region, area, or Tribe may attend any webinar, they will all have the same content, however, the December 4th webinar will be more focused on Tribal applications and Tribal application Q&A.
This information will also be on the Forest Service CWDG website, link below.
To attend a webinar, please register in advance by clicking on the link following each date:
Monday, December 2nd, 2pm-4pm Eastern https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-i032QISWGJhNKj6g-UyA Wednesday, December 4th, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern (Tribal focused) https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C6N_tnRGSwSgbZU0CFifrQ Friday, December 6th, 2pm-4pm Eastern https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jnadv39gSPKwBv9qYqeAGQ Applicant Webinar recordings will be made available soon after the webinars for those unable to attend one of the live offerings, check back on the Forest Service CWDG website for recordings.
In addition to the webinars above, the Forest Service will be offering periodic "office hours" for applicants throughout the application period.
Please visit the CWDG website below for dates and times.
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
CWDG Homepage
Additional Information of Eligibility:
To be eligible to receive a grant to establish or maintain aNational Indian Resource Center Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian Women (NIRC)under Section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub.
L.
111-320, an entity must be a tribal organization or a private, non-profitorganization that focuses on domestic violence within Indian tribes and that has experience working with Indian tribes and tribal organizations to respond to domestic violence; and experience providing Indian tribes and tribal organizations with assistance tribally-based domestic violence/dating violenceprevention and intervention services addressing thesafetyof Indian women.
For additional details on the eligibility requirements for the NIRC please see Section 310 (c) (2)of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub.
L.
111-320.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/fire/grants/cwdg
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
USFS Cooperative Fire Branch-CWDG Program
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2024-11-21
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2025-03-30
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