2020 Hurricane Michael National Park Service Subgrants Application 1
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Hurricane Michael National Park Service Subgrants
Application
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Program Overview:
The Division of Historical Resources is soliciting applications for historic preservation projects providing
relief to damages resulting from Hurricane Michael. These funds are made available to State Historic
Preservation Offices in affected states
and territories, as part of the Hurricanes Florence and Michael and
Typhoon Yutu (FYM) Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) grant program
administered by the National Park Service (CFDA: 15.957), Federal Grant Number P20AP00013.
Award Amount and Match Requirements.
Maximum award amount: $500,000
Match requirement: There is no match requirement.
Eligible Projects. The allowable costs for this grant program are specific to damage directly related to
Hurricane Michael, incident period October 7 - October 19, 2018, and include the following activities:
• Recov
ery and repair of historic properties in areas that received a major disaster declaration pursuant
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
• Survey and Inventory of historic resources to determine eligibility, degree of damage and provide
preparedness for future disasters (must meet NPS spatial data standards); or Phase I archaeological
survey to determine degree of damage and Phase II testing to determine National Register eligibility
of sites damaged by Hurricane Michael.
• Projects must substantially mitigate threat and include steps to mitigate future damage.
• Regardless of project type, the following requirements must be met to receive this funding:
o Eligible properties include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures and objects listed or
eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
o Eligible, but not listed, properties that receive funding must complete and submit a
nomination to the National Register as part of the project.
o Listed properties that receive funding must complete and submit an amendment to the
current National Register listing.
o All work must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology
and Historic Preservation.
o Eligible properties must be within the following counties: Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden,
Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Taylor, Wakulla,
Walton, and Washington.
Eligible
Ap
plicants.
• Non-profit O
rganizations
• Other
Local Governments
• State Agencies
Application Submission. Applications are available for download at the Division’s 2020 Hurricane
Michael National Park Service Subgrants webpage, www.flheritage.com/grants/michael. Applications
must be submitted in hard copy and be received in-person by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 31, 2020, or
must be postmarked by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, August 31, 2020. Six paper copies of the application and
all required application Support Materials (one original and five duplicates) must be delivered to the
Division at: Division of Historical Resources, Director’s Office, 3
rd
Floor, R. A. Gray Building, 500 South
Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250. Incomplete applications and applications
postmarked to our office after the deadline will not be considered.
Application Review. Division staff will conduct a technical review to determine project eligibility. Eligible
applications will be reviewed in order of receipt by a five-member 2020 Hurricane Michael Subgrants
Selection Committee appointed by the Florida Secretary of State. Applications selected for funding approval
will be submitted to the National Park Service for final review. Following final review and approval by the
National Park Service, all applicants will be notified in writing of the award decisions.
Please see the formal grant solicitation notice, available at www.flheritage.com/grants/michael.
• Municipal and
County Governments
• State Universities, Community Colleges, and
P
rivate Universities