FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Program

The summary for the FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Homeland Security FEMA, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Program: The recipient shall collaborate with FEMA to accomplish two major objectives. First, the recipient will help FEMA establish a new structural mechanism for engaging with local communities to build resilience. The recipient will encourage local communities to engage in creative activities that enhance disaster resilience by building on and addressing local interests, abilities, and needs. Second, the recipient will implement and manage a signature national challenge program, called the Community Resilience Challenge Awards Program. This program will be designed to stimulate, support, and expand the scale of existing successful community activities and to encourage local residents to design new collaborative initiatives that will enhance community resilience.