I want to let you all know about an upcoming deadline for hazard mitigation grants in Texas. Below is a link to the federal declaration for the wildfire disaster (DR-4029) in September with a note about the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). While only the counties affected by wildfires are eligible for public assistance, all counties in Texas are eligible for hazard mitigation funding for any natural hazard. Please tell your project managers, so that they may be able to take advantage of this opportunity, whether it is for new hazard mitigation projects or for resubmitting previously denied grant applications. This is your chance to further protect your facilities!
http://www.fema.gov/news/dfrn.fema?id=16897
The deadline to submit a Notice of Interest is December 2, 2011, and the deadline to submit the application is March 23, 2012. These grants are a 75/25 cost share with FEMA, but I always remind my clients that the grants usually cross into several fiscal budget cycles, so the 25% can be partially funded each year until the total is reached. Below are the contacts with the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) that run the HMGP program in Austin. They both know me well from the work I did at Rice University and can provide you with more information, as well as put you in contact with your local TDEM officer. As always, if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mr. Greg Pekar
State Hazard Mitigation Section Administrator
(512) 424-2429
gregory.pekar@txdps.state.tx.us
Ms. Hildy Soper
Mitigation Grants Officer
(512) 424-2454
hildy.soper@txdps.state.tx.us
Showing posts with label disaster aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disaster aid. Show all posts
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Introduction
While I am new to Phoenix Architectural, I worked with their teams for some time when I was a project manager at Rice University over several years.
At Rice, I served as the owner representative for the design and construction of a new $132 million multi-building complex and managed several other projects including 75 federal grants for disaster assistance and hazard mitigation totaling $9.9 million. During this time, my experiences and research led me to develop a front end planning tool for sustainable projects, which was introduced at the International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management in Jeju, Korea, in 2009.
After a 5-year building expansion campaign and the recent recession, the grants I was writing and administering for Rice were adding up to more than their fiscal capital project budget cycles. So, I decided to see what I could do for other universities and institutions to help with their mitigation efforts.
What I have seen as I travel the Gulf Coast states now, is that clearly, there is an unmet need for disaster aid assistance in the distribution of these funds. This blog serves as a platform and forum for the design and construction management industry as it relates to emergency management. The goal is to improve your emergency management, maximize disaster aid from FEMA and HUD, and minimize repetitive losses and insurance premiums.
At Rice, I served as the owner representative for the design and construction of a new $132 million multi-building complex and managed several other projects including 75 federal grants for disaster assistance and hazard mitigation totaling $9.9 million. During this time, my experiences and research led me to develop a front end planning tool for sustainable projects, which was introduced at the International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management in Jeju, Korea, in 2009.
After a 5-year building expansion campaign and the recent recession, the grants I was writing and administering for Rice were adding up to more than their fiscal capital project budget cycles. So, I decided to see what I could do for other universities and institutions to help with their mitigation efforts.
What I have seen as I travel the Gulf Coast states now, is that clearly, there is an unmet need for disaster aid assistance in the distribution of these funds. This blog serves as a platform and forum for the design and construction management industry as it relates to emergency management. The goal is to improve your emergency management, maximize disaster aid from FEMA and HUD, and minimize repetitive losses and insurance premiums.
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