CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) submitted more than $47.5 million in project applications through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 and FFY2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
The application period opened on March 25, 2026, and HSEM submitted all state applications ahead of the federal deadline of July 23, 2026.
“These grant opportunities can be key to helping build more resilient communities before a disaster strikes,” said HSEM Director Robert Buxton. “We will continue to work with our partners to assist them with future funding opportunities as they arise.”
BRIC provides federal resources to help states, local communities, tribes, and territories reduce impact from future disasters by strengthening infrastructure through mitigation.
Under the combined NOFO, New Hampshire applied for $2 million in state allocated funds and $728,715.28 in Building Code Plus-Up funding, which is used to adopt, enforce, and implement modern, hazard-resistant building codes. The State also assisted five sub-applicants in submitting an additional $43 million in competitive grant funds.
Submittals included construction implementation costs for Barrington’s Daniel Cater Road and Claremont’s Grandy Brook Drainage Improvement. Both stem from previously funded BRIC project scoping efforts.
HSEM also submitted planning sub-applications under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program for FFY2024. This was the first time the state applied for FMA funding since FFY2019.
The FMA submissions focus on local hazard mitigation planning activities that are no longer eligible under BRIC, ensuring communities can continue to maintain FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plans.
The total amount of the submittals for BRIC and FMA is $47,735,174.50. If chosen, 75% of the project cost is grant funded with 25% being funded by the eligible applicant. One hundred percent of management costs are federally funded.
“We are excited to assist our partners with their grants should they be chosen to receive funding,” said Austin Brown, Chief of Mitigation and Recovery at HSEM. “Taking action before a disaster happens is the best way to lessen the impacts.”
In addition, HSEM submitted a Legislative Pre Disaster Mitigation project for coastal resiliency storm water flow in Hampton with a federal cost share of $795,498.44.
Local communities in New Hampshire who have project ideas, can submit them to HSEM via a Letter of Intent form.
