Planning and grants

Flood Control Assistance Account Program (FCAAP)

Washington has had a Legislatively-established flood control maintenance program for more than 50 years. In 1984, the state Legislature established the Flood Control Assistance Account Program to assist local jurisdictions in comprehensive planning and flood control maintenance efforts. This is one of very few state programs in the country that provides grant funding to local governments for flood plain management planning and implementation actions.

However, due to state budget reductions, Ecology will not be unable to offer Flood Control Assistance Account Program grants through June 30, 2013. We believe this is a temporary situation and Ecology will be able to resume offering grant funding in the near future.

Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plans

A guidebook for local governments preparing Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plans outlines a step-by-step public process to:

Identify and analyze flood problems
Design strategies to solve the problems
Locate funds to implement hazard reduction plans

Currently, there are only enough funds for emergency projects.