{"id":307,"date":"2022-08-03T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:46:26","slug":"community-wildfire-protection-plan-grants-cwpps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/community-wildfire-protection-plan-grants-cwpps\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Wildfire Protection Plan Grants (CWPPs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>THIS GRANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>PURPOSE OF FUNDING\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTo provide municipalities and communities a cost-share incentive to implement wildfire hazard mitigation practices, as prescribed in a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTHIS GRANT IS PERMANANTELY CLOSED<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE OF FUNDING\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUSDA Forest Service- through the National Fire Plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STATUTORY CITATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nP.L. 93-288, \u201cRobert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and N.J.S.A. 13:9 et seq.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO IS ELIGIBLE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNJ municipalities and communities within municipalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nApproved and adopted a Community Wildfire Protection Plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GRANT LIMITATIONS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nFunding is limited to half of the project cost, up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION PROCEDURES\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nApplication procedures are explained in the CWPP template.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTraining is provided in-house on a case-by-case basis and through Firewise USA and NFPA<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJoseph Battersby, Division Forest Firewarden<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:joseph.battersby@deptest.nj.gov\">joseph.battersby@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;293&#8243; img_size=&#8221;345&#215;229&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] THIS GRANT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]PURPOSE OF FUNDING\u00a0 To provide municipalities and communities a cost-share incentive to implement wildfire hazard mitigation practices, as prescribed in a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). APPLICATION\u00a0 THIS GRANT IS PERMANANTELY CLOSED SOURCE OF FUNDING\u00a0 USDA Forest Service- through the National Fire Plan. STATUTORY CITATION\u00a0 P.L. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-307","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3359,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307\/revisions\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/grantandloanprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}