Hurricane Michael Recovery & Grant Management
City of Mexico Beach, Florida
- Project Start: 10/01/18
- Project End: Ongoing
Project Highlights
- HMGP: The ACDC team assisted the City identify, develop conceptual project scopes, and prepare five HMGP applications to address future risk of storm surge within specific vulnerable regions of the City. These projects total over $31M in funding (four of the five projects have been approved/awarded and one project is still under environmental review by FEMA). The projects include mitigation and resiliency measures to address coastal flooding including a flood gate, hardened critical facilities (police and fire), jetty improvements, regional stormwater detention, and elevated emergency bypass pumps for master lift stations.
- CDBG-DR: In order to leverage funding and maximize likelihood of funding, ACDC assisted the City apply for two matching projects under CDBG-DR including the regional stormwater detention project and hardened police/fire facilities. In addition, ACDC prepared three additional project applications through CDBG-DR including beach renourishment, improvements to the City Pier, and upgrades to lift stations. Overall, ACDC prepared approximately $22M in CDBG-DR grant applications on behalf of Mexico Beach. Approximately half of these total funding requests address coastal flooding within the City.
- NFWF: ACDC secured $300k for Mexico Beach through NFWF’s Emergency Coastal Resiliency Fund for beach dune vegetation and wetland restoration for 45 acres within the City.
- Florida Res Coastal Fund: ACDC assisted the City prepare a Resiliency Plan utilizing $75K in funding through FDEP’s Coast Resiliency Fund. This project included resiliency planning, prioritization of future projects, and public workshops with residents/local stakeholders to get public input in the plan development.
- NRCS: ACDC also assisted the City of Mexico Beach to secure $3.5M in grant funds through Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) to remove Hurricane Michael debris from approximately 4,500 linear feet of waterway/streams and wetlands.
Project Description
After being 80% destroyed and losing all infrastructure following Category 5 Hurricane Michael, ACDC managed over $400 million in FEMA, EDA and NRCS funds.
Hurricane Michael 428/406 contract
Florida Division of Emergency Management
Project Highlights
- 169 subrecipients
- Resolved 129 Fixed Cost Offers
- $12M in additional funding to subrecipients
Project Description
The ACDC Team supported Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) by providing Technical Assistance to all subrecipients under Hurricane Michael DR 4399 with development and cost estimating for 406 Mitigation and projects under the PA Alternate Procedures 428 program.
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This technical support effort included outreach to 169 subrecipients to identify potential mitigation activities within each developed FEMA project. The ACDC Team worked closely with subrecipients and coordinated with the State and FEMA, working as an extension of FDEM staff, to ensure that each subrecipient received technical assistance and strategic planning needed to move projects toward obligation and maximize the benefits of FEMA’s 406 funding. Ultimately, our team’s outreach in this effort resolved a total of 129 Fixed Cost Offers under the 428 program (and resulted in approximately $12M in additional funding to subrecipients through FEMA’s 406 Mitigation Program and 428 Alternate Procedures program.
Grant Management Consultant Services – Economic Resiliency Grant (ERG), Hospitality Economic Resiliency Grant (HERG) and Hospitality ERG PLUS
State of North Dakota
- Project Start: 08/01/20
- Project End: 08/01/21
Project Highlights
- Initial reviews, QA/QC reviews, and issue award decisions for Economic Resiliency Grant applications for small businesses throughout the State of North Dakota
- Post-award compliance reviews, final audits, and grant closeout for approximately $170 Million in grant funds.
Project Description
The State of North Dakota, acting through its Office of Management and Budget, State Procurement Office, and the Department of Commerce, required grant management consulting services to effectively award and manage the Economic Resiliency Grant Funds, as well as provide policy and eligibility guidance.
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North Dakota’s economy has been significantly impacted by declining agriculture, a drastic reduction in oil prices beginning in the early spring, and the global COVID-19 pandemic which hit North Dakota full force in mid-March of 2020. The North Dakota Department of Commerce recognized the need to assist private companies that have been directly impacted by and suffered economic losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the North Dakota Department of Commerce made the Economic Resiliency’s Grant available to private companies operating in North Dakota for costs associated with business improvements that will reduce the spread of infection and instill consumer confidence in the marketplace. Grant funds were a result of a CARES Act allocation of $170 Million, to be administered, distributed, and managed by the State.