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30 | Page January 2 4 I ssueThe agency will also continue to promote investment of BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance funds towards projects that are implemented and designed around the principles of the U.S. Department of Labor%u2019s Good Jobs Initiative. This ensures good jobs with safe working conditions, job security, worker empowerment, fair pay, and equal opportunity for underserved populations. Building Code Adoption and EnforcementFEMA will continue the BRIC Building Codes Plus-Up funding that states, Tribal Nations, and territories can access for eligible building code activities. Eligible activities include enforcement and adoption of more modern, hazard-resistant building codes. Last funding cycle, FEMA selected 129 projects to receive $55 million, the greatest number of projects FEMA has ever selected for building code-related activities in a grant cycle.In FY 2024, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories have been set aside a total $112 million specifically committed for building code activities. This funding is in addition to the state and territorial set-aside. FEMA has also set aside $25 million exclusively for Tribal Nations. How to applyThe funding opportunities for BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance grants will be available onGrants.gov.The application period opens on Jan. 6, 2025. Eligible applicants must apply for funding using FEMA Grants Outcomes, FEMA%u2019s grants management system. Applications must be submitted in the portal no later than 3 p.m. ET on April 18, 2025. FEMA will not consider applications after this deadline. The application deadlines are for applicants only. Local governments should consult with their state, tribal or territorial agencies to confirm deadlines to submit subapplications. FEMA plans to host several webinars to educate state, local, tribal, and territorial governments on the programmatic changes for the fiscal year 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance grant cycles. More information will be shared as it becomes available on FEMA.gov. Visit FEMA.gov for more information about Hazard Mitigation Assistance.Commerce Launches New Quality of Place Grant for Rural RevitalizationLieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced the launch of the new Towns grant program. This program is an initiative designed to spur quality-of-place improvements in rural Kansas communities that have received no funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce in the past three years. This new opportunity will have $100,000 available for its first round of funding.The program provides grants that range from $1,000 to $10,000 to support small-scaled projects that will deliver meaningful results in rural communities, with a focus on increasing local capacity, fostering community and youth engagement, and mobilizing volunteers and local investment.Eligible applicants must represent a community with a population of 5,000 or less and that has received no Commerce funding in the preceding three years.