Community Flood Preparedness Fund
Grants and Loans
Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grants and Loans
Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grant
The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) was established in the Code of Virginia pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 10.1, Article 4, Section 10.1-603.24 and Section 10.1-603-25 and the provisions of § 10.1-1330. Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which was passed during the 2020 session of the General Assembly. Money in the fund comes from the auction of carbon allowances through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
The fund was established to provide support for regions and localities across Virginia to reduce the impacts of flooding, including flooding driven by climate change. The fund will prioritize projects that are in concert with local, state and federal floodplain management standards, local resilience plans and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The fund will empower communities to complete vulnerability assessments, and develop action-oriented approaches to bolster flood preparedness and increase resilience.
The following conditions shall apply to the use of moneys allocated from the fund:
- Localities shall use moneys in the fund primarily for the purpose of implementing flood prevention and protection projects and studies in areas that are subject to recurrent flooding as confirmed by a locality-certified floodplain manager.
- Moneys in the fund may be used to mitigate future flood damage and to assist inland and coastal communities across the commonwealth that are subject to recurrent or repetitive flooding.
- No less than 25% of the moneys disbursed from the fund each year shall be used for projects in low-income geographic areas.
- Priority shall be given to projects that implement community-scale hazard mitigation activities that use nature-based solutions to reduce flood risk.
Grant Round 4
The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) was established to provide support for regions and localities across Virginia to reduce the impacts of flooding.
Grant round 4 awards announced March 2024.
See the awards.
See the applications.
Application Manual
View the summary of changes to the grant.
Flood Fund Advisory Review Committee
December 21, 2023
Meeting Agenda
Resources
Video - Applying for CFPF Round 4 using the DCR grants management portal (YouTube)
A tutorial on how to use WebGrants, DCR's grants management portal, to complete an application for funding from the Community Flood Preparedness Fund, Round 4.
WebGrants - VADCR (webgrantscloud.com)
Registering with the WebGrants system
Applicant instructions
Previous Grant Rounds
Grant Round 1
The application period is closed. See the list of awards.
Grant Round 2
The application period is closed. See the list of awards.
Grant Round 3
The application period is closed. See the list of awards
Applications received can be found here. 642 MB
Grant Round 3 Supplemental Awards. See the list of awards
Resources
Department of Conservation and Recreation
