Community Assistance Program State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE)

​​The goal of the CAP-SSSE program is to empower National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Coordinating Agencies to own, manage, and reduce risk and avoid losses from flood events through support to flood prone and NFIP participating communities within their states or territories. ​ To further this goal, the program will pursue the following objectives: - Enable state and territory programs to assist communities with NFIP compliance, administration, and enforcement of floodplain management standards, including adopting updated flood risk data and responding effectively to disasters. - Enable state and territory programs to increase local stakeholders’ capability and capacity for effective floodplain management. - Inform state and territory best practices for floodplain management activities. FEMA’s Floodplain Management program monitors performance through four program measures to which NFIP Coordinating Agencies are required to set and meet targets. “Expected” targets reflect anticipated achievement, while “Excellence” targets reflect exceeding expectations. The performance measures include: - Map Adoption. Grantees must meet the national “Expected” metric of at least 93% map adoptions for those participating communities that receive Letters of Final Determination (LFDs) in their state or territory. A national “Excellence” target of 97% is in place. - Community Engagement. Grantees must have contact with a designated percentage of the communities in their state or territory by community audits, General Technical Assistance, Regulation Assistance, or Workshops. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the percentage of communities that will be engaged during the Period of Performance. - Higher Standards Adoption. Grantees must commit to a designated number of communities that will adopt higher floodplain management standards (i.e., standards that are more stringent than those required by the NFIP) as a result of the state or territory’s efforts. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the number of communities adopting a higher standard during the Period of Performance. A national Excellence target of 75% is in place. - Community Compliance Improvement. Grantees must commit to a designated number of communities in which they will conduct community audits, opening new and closing existing community audits. Grantees and the FEMA Regional Coordinator will negotiate “Expected” and “Excellence” targets for the number of audits that will be conducted and closed during the Period of Performance. Annual targets will be documented in the SOW and will roll-up into the five-Period of Performance compliance tracking period.