Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance | L19AS00047

Opportunity Information: Apply for L19AS00047

The Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L19AS00047) is a discretionary federal funding program offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is designed to support work in Arizona that helps communities located in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) lower their exposure to catastrophic wildfire. The overall purpose is practical and community-focused: strengthen coordination around wildfire readiness and response, reduce hazardous fuels that can drive extreme fire behavior, and expand education and outreach so landowners and residents understand prevention and mitigation steps they can take before a fire starts.

Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which generally means the federal agency expects to be more actively involved than in a standard grant. In other words, the selected recipient is not just receiving funds to operate independently; the work is typically carried out in collaboration with BLM, with shared responsibilities, technical input, and coordination throughout the project period. The program falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and is associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) 15.228.

The opportunity anticipates making about five awards, with an award ceiling of up to $3,000,000 per award. While the notice emphasizes partnering and community assistance, the kinds of activities implied by the description typically include cross-jurisdiction planning and coordination efforts (for example, aligning local, county, tribal, and state priorities for WUI risk reduction), implementation or support of hazardous fuels reduction projects (such as treatments that decrease fuel loading and continuity near communities), and structured education initiatives aimed at landowners and community members (covering wildfire prevention practices and property-level mitigation).

Eligibility is broad and includes many common public and community-serving entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category). This wide eligibility is consistent with the WUI focus, since effective wildfire risk reduction usually involves multiple local partners and trusted community institutions.

Key dates in the original notice show it was created on May 23, 2019, with an original closing date of July 24, 2019. The core message of the opportunity is that Arizona can work with a partner organization to deliver on-the-ground and community-facing wildfire risk reduction in the WUI, aiming to lessen the probability and consequences of severe wildfire events through better coordination, targeted fuels work, and sustained public education on prevention and mitigation.

• The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.228.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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