Assistance program
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants
$597.2 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- Forest Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.720
- What it does
- With respect to nonfederal lands, to develop community wildfire protection plans for communities considered at-risk to damage and loss of values or life from wildfire, and to update community wildfire protection plans that are greater than ten years old. To implement projects described in a community wildfire protection plan or equivalent document less than ten years old for the purposes of protecting an at-risk community from damage or loss from wildfire, including but not limited to wildfire mitigation, fuel reduction, prevention and response.
- Who benefits
- Communities that are at risk from wildfire, with a focus on underserved and Tribal communities.
- Who applies
- States, non-profits, and other organizations may apply on behalf of communities that are at risk of wildfire or those communities may apply directly. Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and other Organizations may also apply.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-58; 16 U.S.C. § 6592(c)(12)
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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