Community Wildfire Defense Grants – CWPP Development or Update
Forecasted
Community Wildfire Defense Grants – CWPP Development or Update supports local and state governments, tribes, and nonprofits in creating or revising Community Wildfire Protection Plans to guide wildfire planning.
Funder: U.S. Forest Service
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Round 3 application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $250,000 per award; 10% non-federal match
Summary: Supports the development or revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
Key Information: The 10% non-federal match may be waived for underserved communities and tribes.
Description
The U.S. Forest Service’s Community Wildfire Defense Grants opportunity supports planning work to develop or update Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). It is for creating a plan or bringing an existing one up to date, rather than funding a wildfire project described separately from that plan.
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) lists this federal opportunity among its mitigation grants, but identifies the Forest Service as the funder. DEMA’s separate Stafford Act mitigation programs are not the funding mechanism described for this CWPP opportunity.
