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Cooperating Technical Partners

Program Information

Popular name

(CTP)

Program Number

97.045

Program objective

The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The CTP Program supports efforts to Strengthen National Preparedness and Resilience, one of six main goals of the DHS 2020-2024 Strategic Plan. Additionally, the program supports the National Mitigation Investment Strategy, a supporting document to Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) on National Preparedness. The goals of the CTP Program are to primarily support the mission and objectives of the NFIP’s Flood Hazard Mapping Program through FEMA’s flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs, including the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) initiative. The vision for Risk MAP is to deliver quality data that increases public awareness of flood hazard risk and leads to action that reduces flood risk to life and property. The CTP supports Risk MAP to develop flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks as well as building on effective flood hazard data and flood insurance rate maps (FIRMS); increase public awareness of risk and potential mitigation options to reduce risk and better inform mitigation planning. Additional information about Risk MAP (including goals, strategies, progress and success stories), can be found on FEMA’s website at at Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) | FEMA.gov.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Award Rate (# awarded/# received): 100% Total Federal Award: approximately $74 million Total Applicant Match: approximately $12 million Total Federal Award: approximately $74 million Total Applicant Match: approximately $12 million

  2. 2017

    Total Federal Award: approximately $64 million Total Applicant Match: approximately $2 million

  3. 2018

    Total Federal Award: approximately $116 million Total Applicant Match: approximately $30 million

  4. 2020

    Developed flood hazard data and maps for communities that have never had identified risks

  5. 2021

    The Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program’s mission is to strengthen the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and support the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) mitigation objectives. The CTP Program leverages partnerships to deliver high-quality hazard identification and risk assessment products provide outreach support and empower communities to take action to reduce risk based on informed, multi hazard-based data and resources. This is in support of FEMA’s Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) Program. The performance measure identified in the FY22 NOFO is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and is one measure of Earned Value (EV). At the program level, tracking SPI ensures that as a portfolio, CTP projects are delivered on time and within budget. As of the end of third quarter 2022, the aggregate SPI for all CTPs is 0.92 which is within tolerance of the target of 1.0 (+/-.08). In ongoing efforts to support Risk MAP objectives, over the course of FY21, the CTPs developed flood hazard products to deliver Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps to 482 communities. CTP partners also processed 180 Letters of Map Change, ensuring flood hazard data at a local level is current and accurate.

  6. 2022

    Over 40,000 miles of streams initiated for study and 307 CTP communities received their Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Annual program guidance is available to all CTP initiative participants and the general public through the funding opportunity on www.grants.gov. Additional information regarding mitigation program goals, priorities and standards is available on http://www.fema.gov/cooperating-technical-partners-program.

  1. Flood Insurance Act of 1968. 42 U.S.C. § 4101.
  2. Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.
  3. National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
  4. Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Local
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Small business
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • State
  • U.S. Territories

Additional resources