OMB control number

Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program

OMB 0596-0253 · USDA/FS.

OMB 0596-0253

The Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program forms will be used by applicants to apply for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program. The purpose of the CWDG Program is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. This program is authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Specifically, the CWDG Program is provided for in Title VIII, Section 40803. There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: the development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) and the implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.

The latest form for Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program expires 2027-05-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Form FS-1500-0045 Project Narrative Form and Instruction
Form FS 1500-0047 424a BUDGET INFORMATION - Non-Construction Programs Form
Form FS 1500-0046 424 Application for Federal Assistance Form
Form FS-1500-0045 Application Narrative Form and Instruction
Form FS 1500-0047 BUDGET INFORMATION - Non-Construction Programs 424a Form
Form FS 1500-0046 Application for Federal Assistance 424 Form
0596-0253_CWDG_Justification for a Non-Substantive Change Request.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
87 FR 45739.pdf Supplementary Document
0596-0253_CWDG -- Burden-cost Spreadsheet-20221219.xlsm Supplementary Document
0596-0253_CWDG Supporting Statement 05-09-2024.docx Supporting Statement A
0596-0253_CWDG Supporting Statement 05-09-2024.docx Supporting Statement A
SF424A-V1.0.pdf Supplementary Document
SF424_4_0-V4.0.pdf Supplementary Document
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form and Instruction
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Other-Non Forms
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form and Instruction
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Form
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program Other-Non Forms

All Historical Document Collections

202512-0596-002 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2025-12-15
202211-0596-003 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-01-23
202207-0596-001 Approved with change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2022-07-25

OMB Details

Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Community and Social Services - Homeownership Promotion

Form FS-1500-0045	Application Narrative	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction
Form FS 1500-0046	Application for Federal Assistance 424	Fillable Printable	Form
Form FS 1500-0047	BUDGET INFORMATION - Non-Construction Programs 424a	Fillable Printable	Form

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