Funding Announcement

FMA 2026 Grant Opportunity

FY 2026 Flood Mitigation Assistance NOFO – Now Open

FEMA released the Fiscal Year 2026 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Notice of Funding Opportunity on October 22, 2026. $400 million is available nationally: $20 million for capability and capacity building activities, $260 million for localized flood risk reduction projects, and $120 million for individual flood mitigation projects.

Cal OES will release its FY 2026 FMA Notice of Funding Opportunity, with California’s priorities, the Notice of Interest (NOI) deadline, the subapplication deadline, and NOFO webinar dates, in the coming days. In the meantime:

• Confirm your community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Structures in a proposed project must have had an NFIP policy in effect before October 22, 2026.
• Confirm your FEMA-approved Local Hazard Mitigation Plan will be current through February 26, 2027.
• Sign up for Hazard Mitigation Program Updates & Notifications to receive the Cal OES NOFO, deadlines, and webinar registration.
• Email ResilientCA@caloes.ca.gov to schedule a project scoping call.