Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 2

The summary for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 2 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.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 2: The National Dam Safety Program's mission is to reduce risks to lives, property, and the environment from dam failure by guiding public policy and leveraging industry best practices across the dam safety community. The National Dam Safety Program supports FEMA Strategic Goal 1: Build a Culture of Preparedness and FEMA Strategic Goal 2: Ready the National for Catastrophic Disasters.ObjectivesThe objectives of the Program are to:Ensure that new and existing dams are safe through the development of technologically and economically feasible programs and procedures for national dam safety hazard reduction;Encourage acceptable engineering policies and procedures to be used for dam site investigation, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and emergency preparedness;Encourage the establishment and implementation of effective dam safety programs in each state based on state standards;Develop and implement a comprehensive dam safety hazard education and public awareness initiative to assist in preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from dam incidents;Develop mechanisms with which to provide Federal technical assistance for dam safety to non-Federal dam safety practitioners; andDevelop technical assistance materials, seminars, and guidelines to improve security for dams in the United States.