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Federal Funding Opportunities

Fund Name	Funding Agency	Description	Estimated Amount ($M)
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	FEMA	BRIC makes federal funds available to states, U.S territories, Indian tribal governments, and local communities for pre-disaster mitigation activities for long term independent solution to reduce risk of life and property from natural hazards. BRIC is a new FEMA pre-disaster hazard mitigation program that replaces the existing Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program.
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	FEMA	The FMA Program, FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants, is a competitive grant program that provides funding to states, local communities, federally recognized tribes and territories. Funds can be used for projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program.	$160
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	FEMA	The HMG program provides funding to state, local, tribal and territorial governments so they can rebuild in a way that reduces, or mitigates, future disaster losses in their communities. This grant funding is available after a presidentially declared disaster.
2021 National Groundwater Monitoring Network	USGS	The USGS is offering a two-year cooperative agreement opportunity to state and local water resource agencies that collect groundwater data to participate in the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. This funding opportunity is to support data providers for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network.	$1.8
WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase II	USBR	The objective of this FOA is to invite established watershed groups comprised of a diverse group of stakeholders, which have completed a watershed restoration plan, and are capable of promoting the sustainable use of water resources to submit proposals for watershed management projects under Phase II of the CWMP. Funding provided under this FOA may be used to implement on-the-ground watershed management projects, collaboratively developed by members of a watershed group, that will address critical water supply needs, water quality concerns, and restoration needs, helping water users meet competing demands and avoid conflicts over water.	$2

State Funding Opportunities

Fund Name	Funding Agency	Description	Estimated Amount ($M)
Proposition 68	DWR	Financial help with implementing SGMA projects. Round 1 funding for COD basins only. Round 2 opens up for medium and high-priority (including COD) basins.	$103
2020 Pacific Flyway Conservation Proposal Solicitation Notice	Wildlife Conservation Board	Grant proposals for multi-benefit climate adaptation and resiliency projects that protect, restore or enhance migratory bird habitat associated with the Pacific Flyway. These projects should seek to protect, restore or enhance migratory bird habitat, improve migratory bird habitat diversity, quality and connectivity, or improve management and ecological function of migratory bird habitat.	$10
California Farmland Conservancy Program	Department of Conservation	The Program seeks to encourage the long-term, private stewardship of agricultural lands through planning and the voluntary use of agricultural conservation easements. The CFCP provides grant funding for easement and planning projects that support agricultural land conservation statewide.	$7
Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program – Proposition 1	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy	The Conservancy will fund projects that address at least one of the following priorities: 1) ecosystem protection, restoration, and enhancement; 2) water quality; and 3) water-related agricultural sustainability.	$2.1
Forest and Watershed Health Directed Grants Program	Sierra Nevada Conservancy	To be considered for funding, projects must fall within at least one (or more) of the focus areas: Implementation of prescribed fire to improve watershed health. Project tasks may include pre-burning treatment and site preparation but must also implement prescribed fire on the landscape. Projects that include only planning for prescribed fire or conduct pre-burning site treatments will not be eligible for funding. Large-landscape planning projects for forest health which demonstrate multiple watershed and ecosystem benefits. These projects must complete project planning on a minimum of 10,000 acres. At the close of the planning project, all environmental compliance must be complete. Implementation of forest health planning projects for which SNC previously funded the planning phase. Projects that connect and serve underserved partners. Strategic partners that have received no more than one SNC grant since the start of the WIP Forest Health Program (in FY 2015-2016 with funding from Proposition 1) will be eligible for grants to support planning or implementation of multi-benefit forest and watershed health projects.	$3
Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Program	Wildlife Conservation Board	Eligible projects include: native fisheries restoration; restoration of wetlands; restoration of coastal, tidal, or fresh water habitat; other native habitat restoration projects including coastal scrub oak, grasslands, and threatened and endangered species habitats; in-stream restoration projects, including removal of fish passage barriers and other obstructions; and other projects that improve the quality of native habitat throughout the State.	$1
California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program	Wildlife Conservation Board	Projects should include, but are not limited to: Restoration of riparian vegetation and re-establishing floodplain connectivity. Removal and control of non-native invasive plant species to restore (actively or passively) native riparian vegetation. Installation of fencing along the riparian corridor to manage livestock or wildlife and reduce impacts to streams or riparian vegetation. Reconfigure degraded, incised, or undefined streams to restore natural hydrology and encourage reestablishment of native riparian habitat.	$3
Inland Wetlands Conservation Program	Wildlife Conservation Board	The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program (IWCP) was created to assist the Central Valley Joint Venture (CVJV) in its mission is to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands and associated habitats. The CVJV, a partnership of twenty two public and private organizations and agencies, has identified through its Implementation Plan, specific goals to increase migratory bird populations.	$3
Floodplain Management Protection and Risk Awareness Program	DWR	The Program supports local agency efforts to prepare for flooding events by providing financial assistance for flood risk reduction activities related to stormwater, mudslide, and other flash flood related protections. This Program will incorporate an increased focus on economically disadvantaged community assistance and multi-benefit project features.	$25
Community and Economic Enhancement Grant Program – Proposition 68	Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy	This non-competitive grant program focuses on increasing public access to the Delta through recreation and tourism opportunities, historic and cultural preservation, and environmental education in order to promote a robust Delta economy.	$9
Proposition 1 Groundwater Grant Program	SWRCB	Grants to prevent and cleanup contamination of groundwater that serves (or has served) as a source of drinking water. 3rd and final solicitation is tenatively scheduled to open late 2020.	$160
Resilient Sierra Nevada Communities Directed Grant Program	Sierra Nevada Conservancy	The Program is a multi-disciplinary grant program that will provide resources for capacity building and technical support to local agencies, organizations, and tribes. These funds can be used to design, manage, and implement projects that will increase community resiliency against, and recovery from, natural disasters and ecological and economic challenges.	$1

State Funding Opportunities and Resources

Department of Water Resources (DWR) Floodplain Management, Protection, and Risk Awareness (FMPRA) Grant Program, details can be found here.
- The Program supports local agency efforts to prepare for flooding events by providing financial assistance for flood risk reduction activities related to stormwater, mudslide, and other flash flood related protections. This Program will incorporate an increased focus on economically disadvantaged community assistance and multi-benefit project features.
- Important dates
  - Anticipated open date: Summer 2021
  - Expected award date: Fall 2021
CA Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) now accepting Notices of Interest (NOIs) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for the August 2020 Wildfires, details can be found here.
- The program funds plans and projects that reduce the effects of future natural disasters and are administered by the Cal OES HMGP Unit. Eligible subapplicants include state agencies, local governments, special districts, and some private non-profits.
- Important dates
  - NOIs due to Cal OES (DR-4558): 11/20/2020
  - Subapplications due to OES (PF-5293): 1/27/2021
  - Subapplications due to OES (DR-4558): 3/5/2021
- NOI Quick Start Guide

California Grants Portal
- The California Grants Portal (a project by the California State Library) is your one destination to find all grants and loans offered on a competitive or first-come basis by California state agencies.
California’s Financing Coordinating Committee (CFCC)
- The CFCC combines the resources of four State and two Federal funding agencies to provide a one-stop shop for available grants, loans and bond financing for infrastructure projects. CFCC conducts free funding fairs statewide each year to educate the public and offer potential customers the opportunity to meet with financial representatives from each agency and learn more about their currently available funding programs.
- 2020 CFCC Funding Fairs Workbook

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