FEMA Grant Application Development

Solutient's application development focus has been in the State of Louisiana, which has the greatest number of severe repetitive loss (SRL) homes and is still  in recovery from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike. The application process outlined below has resulted in the successful FEMA funding  of almost 600 homes in Louisiana since 2006. The grant value of these homes exceeds $122,000,000. An additional 200 homes are scheduled for approval, bringing the total grant funding to over $180 million. These numbers will continue to grow as Louisiana parishes commit to returning these properties to home ownership and commerce.

Application Development is the process by which grant applications are created, submitted and monitored. The process begins with writing the actual grant application and gathering/creating the information needed to support the application. Once the applications are complete, they are submitted to the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) for review. Should GOHSEP decide that additional information is needed for the application to be considered complete, they request that information via email or a formal Request for Information (RFI). At the point at which GOHSEP considers the application complete and accurate, they hand the application over to FEMA for NEMIS entry. FEMA then reviews the application. Should FEMA decide that additional information is needed in order to fund the application, they request the information from GOHSEP who in turn requests the information of the grant applicant. Once FEMA approves the grant application, a subgrantee agreement is executed and work on the funded project commences.

Solutient's success in writing funded applications to FEMA on behalf of its governmental clients exceeds the entire output of all other governments in the state of Louisiana.