Community Flood Preparedness Fund
Grants and Loans

Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grant

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

The application period is open Sept. 13 until midnight on Nov. 12, 2023.

Amount: $85 million

Application Manual

View the summary of changes to the grant.

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

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 and implement action-oriented approaches to bolster flood preparedness and 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.

Commonwealth Resilience Planning Principles

The fund is guided by these principles, regardless of region.

Acknowledge climate change and its consequences, and base decision making on the best available science.
Identify and address socioeconomic inequities and work to enhance equity through adaptation and protection efforts.
Utilize community and regional scale planning to the maximum extent possible, seeking region-specific approaches tailored to the needs of individual communities.
Understand fiscal realities and focus on the most cost-effective solutions for the protection and adaptation of communities, businesses and critical infrastructure. The solutions will, to the extent possible, prioritize effective natural solutions.
Recognize the importance of protecting and enhancing green infrastructure in all regions and in the coastal region, natural coastal barriers, and fish and wildlife habitat by prioritizing nature-based solutions.

Eligible activities include flood prevention and protection projects and studies, capacity building, and planning.

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

Please review the Q&A Sessions below for questions and answers provided.

Jan. 13, 2022
View the recording.