June 28, 2023 – December 20, 2023

The application period for the Resilient Communities Program ended December 20, 2023. Applications are no longer being accepted.

Approved activities will focus on achieving the following objectives: 

• Reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of loss of life, injury, damage to and loss of property, and suffering and hardship by lessening the impact of future disasters. 
• Recover from the disaster impacts of Hurricane Ida.
• Protect publicly funded recovery investments in impacted communities. 
• Expand awareness of BRIC within the state and help build the capacity of local governments to apply for funding through BRIC and/or other FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs. 

Cities, townships, counties, special districts and federally recognized tribal governments within the HUD or State-identified MID counties listed below or wholly within one or more of those counties are eligible to apply to RCP. Each applicant is eligible to apply for no more than one (1) distinct project. Exceptions to this will be made for multi-jurisdiction applications.

The counties are: Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union, and Warren.

Examples of eligible activities may include but are not limited to:

• Property acquisition and demolition
• Property acquisition and relocation
• Structure elevation
• Construction or reconstruction of infrastructure
• Installation of public works, facilities
• Structural retrofitting
• Infrastructure retrofits
• Site or other improvements
• Dry floodproofing

• Project Description 
• National Objective 
• Disadvantaged Communities 
• Budget 
• Cost-effectiveness 
• Public Notice and Community Outreach 
• Partnerships 
• Implementation and Timeline 

• Mitigates the risk to public infrastructure, people, and property. 
• Protects and benefits disadvantaged communities. 
• Is a cost-effective solution to natural hazard risk(s). 
• Promotes resiliency through ancillary or triple bottom line benefits (social, environmental, and economic benefits). 
• Considers climate change and future conditions. 
• Leverages federal, state, and local partnerships. 
• Is designed and scoped with public input and meaningful stakeholder engagement.  
• Can be feasibly implemented and completed by the applicant within budget and timeframe required by the program. 
• Incorporates nature-based solutions.  
• Project scope generated from previous qualifying resilience/ infrastructure planning awards.  
• “Shovel Ready” (planning and engineering is advanced enough that, with sufficient funding, construction can begin within a short time)

• Projects must adhere to a three (3) year period of performance (upon execution of grant).
• RCP provides a maximum award up to $5 million.
• Applications that meet the minimum eligibility requirements will be reviewed by a panel as part of a technical scoring process.