Community Challenge Grant

The Community Challenge Grant Program focuses on activities to encourage and promote citizen involvement in supporting long-term and sustainable urban and community forestry programs at the local level.

Rural Fire Capacity Grant Program

Arizona's Rural Fire Capacity Grant Program formally known as the Volunteer Fire Assistance or VFA Grant Program is authorized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1990. It provides financial assistance to train, organize, and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities to prevent and suppress fires.

Fire departments, local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations.

State Fire Assistance / Wildland Urban Interface Grant

The State Fire Assistance Grant Program, also known as the Wildland Urban Interface Grant Program, focuses on hazard fuels reduction, information and education, and community and homeowner action. 

Healthy Forest Initiative Grants

The HFI Grant Program focuses on fire prevention, critical infrastructure protection, and forest and watershed restoration through reduction of hazardous vegetation. Projects should complement strategically planned or existing fuels management initiatives, such as State of Arizona, U.S. Forest Service, or Bureau of Land Management thinning projects.

Landscape Scale Restoration Grants

The Landscape Scale Restoration Program is a USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry competitive grant program that promotes collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes and furthers priorities identified in the Arizona Forest Action Plan.

Post-Wildfire Infrastructure Assistance Program

The Post-Wildfire Infrastructure Assistance Program goal is to assist in infrastructure repairs to physical systems, operational structures, and facilities needed for the use of urban, rural, agricultural, cultural, and natural resources.

Funding is available for any eligible PA permanent work projects (Category C-G) when PA repair funds are made available through a non-competitive grant process. Damaged facilities due to disasters may be eligible for PA Mitigation. 

Public Assistance (PA) Mitigation  

Post-disaster hazard mitigation opportunities are available under PA Mitigation​. PA Mitigation funding is available to damaged public facilities and certain private non-profits after a Presidential disaster declaration. 

Non-profit applicants who are Section 501(c)(3) compliant, state governments, and federally recognized Tribal governments.

Creating Opportunities for Relevant Experience (CORE) Wildland Fire Training Crews Grant

The CORE Crews are wildland fire training crews comprised of women, veterans, or youth. The CORE crews’ goal is to begin development of the next generation of the wildland firefighters, managers and scientists contributing to the mission of the NPS wildland fire program by offering relevant work experience.

• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) 
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Federally Recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations/Villages
• Tribal Organizations (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)

USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Tribal Access to Emerging Private Markets for Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience

This funding supports the participation of underserved and small-acreage forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience.

• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• City or township governments
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• State governments
• Special district governments
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• County governments
• Independent school districts

USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support

This funding supports the participation of underserved forest landowners and forest landowners who own less than 2,500 acres of forest land in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience.

• State Forestry Agencies
• Nonprofit Organizations*
• Institutions of Higher Learning*
• Units of Local Government*

*A non-state entity must include a letter of endorsement from a State Forester or their equivalent.

USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Cost Share Payment Programs for Climate Mitigation and/or Forest Resilience Practices

This forecasted funding opportunity will support state-endorsed programs to issue cost share payments to landowners for climate mitigation and/or forest resilience practices. 

Preparedness Grants

Preparedness grants support individuals and first responders to build, sustain and improve capabilities to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate high-consequence disasters and emergencies. Preparedness Grants include, but are not limited to, the following programs:

• Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
• Emergency Management Performance Grant Program
• Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program 

Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program *

The PDM Grant Program makes federal funds available to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to plan for and implement sustainable cost-effective measures designed to reduce the risk to individuals and property from future natural hazards, while also reducing reliance on federal funding from future disasters.

States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and federally recognized tribal governments.

Homeowners, business operators and nonprofit organizations cannot apply directly to FEMA. However, they can be included in a subapplication submitted by an eligible subapplicant. 

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) *

The HMGP provides funding to develop hazard mitigation plans and rebuild in a way that reduces, or mitigates, future disaster losses in communities. This grant funding is available after a presidentially-declared disaster.

States, federally-recognized tribes, and territories affected by fires resulting in a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declaration on or after October 5, 2018, are eligible to apply.

Applicants must have a FEMA-approved mitigation plan to receive HMGP Post Fire funding. Select "Fire Management Assistance" as the declaration type on the Disaster Declarations page to find declarations.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Post-Fire (HMGP Post-Fire) *

The HMGP Post Fire program funds hazard mitigation measures to reduce wildfire risks. It is authorized under the Stafford Act and provides grants to SLTT governments in areas with a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declaration. A Presidential Disaster Declaration is not required. Funding is determined annually by FEMA based on historical FMAG expenditures over the past decade. Awards for each FMAG declaration are combined into one annual award per recipient to reduce administrative burden.

States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and federally recognized tribal governments.

Homeowners, business operators and nonprofit organizations cannot apply directly to FEMA. However, they can be included in a subapplication submitted by an eligible subapplicant.

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant *

BRIC supports states, local governments, tribes and territories as they work to reduce their hazard risk; aims to support communities as they build capability and capacity; encourages and aids innovation; helps partnerships grow; supports infrastructure projects; and fosters flexibility and consistency.

States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and federally recognized Tribal governments.

Homeowners, business operators, and non-profit organizations cannot apply directly to FEMA, but can be included in a subapplication submitted by an eligible subapplicant.

Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) *

The FMA grant program is a competitive program that provides funding for projects that reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured by the National Flood Insurance Program.