Round 2

Round 2 provides strategic investments in flood risk reduction projects that align with federal grant requirements, as well as project design support for local and regional partners.

ROUND 2 PROJECT FUNDING AND ASSESSMENT

This is a $100 million project funding opportunity for local and regional public entities. To be eligible for funding, projects must benefit low- to moderate-income and disadvantaged communities in parishes that were most impacted and distressed by the 2016 floods. The state will provide feedback to all applicants, including those ineligible for funding, as well as technical assistance for eligible applicants. 

Pre-Application Webinar

The state hosted a March 7 webinar to provide more details on Round 2 and the pre-application process. Click here to view the recording.

Event Date
NOFA issued March 6, 2023
Pre-application period opens March 13, 2023
Deadline for pre-applications May 31, 2023

Design Support Program

This $100 million program provides technical assistance for projects submitted in Round 1 that did not receive funding. The focus is on projects that benefit HUD-identified most impacted and distressed areas and low- to moderate-income populations, as well as projects that incorporate nature-based solutions.

For more details, see the Program Policies and Procedures.

Event Date
Applicants notified of project scoping opportunity Aug. 19, 2022
Deadline for applicants to respond with Notice of Interest Aug. 29, 2022
Project scoping and design support begins September 2022
Project scoping completed, project reviews begin October – December 2022
Implementation awards announced, agreements executed Early 2023
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Design Support Program Projects

View the Design Support Program projects including applicant organizations, regions and estimated budgets.

Project Name Organization Region Estimated Budget
Sugarhouse Bayou Outfall Town of Colfax 1 $1.36 million
Sherman Lake Flood Storage Town of Columbia 2 $5.98 million
Hodge Drainage Improvements Village of Hodge 2 $1.57 million
Glenn Ditch Pumping Station Town of Jonesville 2 $1.96 million
Cypress Detention (South) City of West Monroe 3 $1.28 million
James Addition Drainage Town of Farmerville 3 $1.5 million
Salter Street Stormwater Retention Town of Delhi 3 $3 million
West Parkview Drainage Improvements City of Monroe 3 $3.25 million
Ash Slough Drainage Improvements Franklin Parish 3 $3.87 million
Highway 33 Ditch Hardening Town of Farmerville 3 $2.3 million
Gulley Street Drainage Town of Farmerville 3 $1.26 million
Staulkinghead Creek Rehabilitation Morehouse Parish 3 $5 million
Nixon Addition Drainage Improvements Town of Kinder 4 $3.57 million
East Side Drainage Improvements City of Bunkie 5 $3.66 million
Anslem Coulee Regional Detention Pond City of Youngsville 5 $3.56 million
Oak Park Drainage Improvements City of Oakdale 5 $10.3 million
Fullers Park Drainage Improvements City of Oakdale 5 $6.9 million
East Side Drainage Improvements Village of Hessmer 5 $2.25 million
West Side Drainage Improvements City of Bunkie 5 $2.7 million
Parishwide Drainage Improvements St. James Parish 6 $814,244
Cancienne Canal Floodplain Preservation Assumption Parish 6 $4.29 million
New Pump Station Construction Lafourche Parish 6 $1.59 million
Upper Terrebonne Basin Drainage Improvements Upper Delta Soil & Water Conservation District 6 $9.17 million
Covington Lift Station Panel Elevations City of Covington 7 $2.6 million
Jones Vaughn Creek Bridge West Feliciana Parish 7 $1.4 million
Dawson Creek Drainage Improvements East Baton Rouge Parish MOHSEP 7 $8.26 million
Ormond Area Flood Mitigation Project St. Charles Parish 8 $6 million