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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are pleased to announce the availability of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)<b> 2016 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant (PDM) Program and 2016 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program </b>funding. The 2016 PDM and 2016 FMA are nationally-competitive annual grant programs and are now available.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These federally-funded Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs (PDM and FMA) provide significant opportunities to reduce, minimize, or eliminate potential damages to property and infrastructure from natural hazard events. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To learn more, grant briefings will be held throughout the state and potential applicants are strongly encouraged to attend. Those dates and other details are contained in the attached MEMO. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To RSVP for a briefing please email <a href="mailto:mitigation@massmail.state.ma.us">mitigation@massmail.state.ma.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank You<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah White<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hazard Mitigation Supervisor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mass Emergency Management Agency<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>400 Worcester Road<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Framingham MA 01702<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Desk: 508-820-2053<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sarah.white@state.ma.us">sarah.white@state.ma.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>