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FEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home Hardening
alifornia Program link: Cal OES - California Wildfire Mitigation Program
To start your application online, visit: CWMP Online Application
Please email local inquiries to:  cwmp@co.tuolumne.ca.us
Town Hall Meeting August 26th, 2025: Access Tuolumne TV (recorded), or 
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Presentations: Home Hardening Town Hall (August 2025)
                        Home Hardening Program Presentation (April 2024)
Home Hardening & Defensible Space
This federally funded grant provides financial assistance for regionally managed programs to improve resiliency in especially vulnerable communities withing high risk areas for wildfire. The program leverages current best practices and policy guidance from state and local agencies to mitigate the risk of ignition from embers as wildfire approaches and enters the wildlands-urban-interface/intermix (WUI). Qualified applicants may receive financial assistance within project guidelines to participate in managed improvements to structures and defensible space on their properties.
CURRENT PROJECT AREA(s): Ponderosa/Mira Monte, 415 homes Open PDF Map
Contractors: Qualified businesses may register to receive automatic notification for opportunities to contract with Tuolumne County via RFQ/RFP process: OpenGov.com Registration
Applicant Property Owner
Right of Entry (ROE) Form: Click Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadlineHERE Version Options FEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home Hardening Headline Version Options FEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home Hardening Headline Version Options FEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home Hardening Headline Version Options FEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home Hardening Headline to open & print out the ROE form which will be required from all applicants in advance of scheduling on-site assessments and any subsequent work related to this project. Once the application process is underway, instructions for collecting completed ROE forms and other required program documents will be communicated by the project manager.
Application Form (printable): Click HERE Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline Version OptionsFEMA/CAL OES California Wildfire Mitigation Program Grant - Home HardeningHeadline to open and print out a paper application form. The online application process is the primary method to participate in the grant program, however paper applications will be accepted.