KAMM's Community Mitigation Grant

KY River Area Development District (KRADD): 2026 recipient of the KAMM Community Mitigation Grant

Preparedness Starts Local: Senior Preparedness Tour is a community-based disaster preparedness initiative designed to bring practical, easy-to-understand emergency preparedness education directly to older adults throughout Eastern Kentucky. Through visits to senior centers, the project will provide seniors with information, resources, and tools that can help them. Grant funds will be used to enhance and expand the resources provided through Preparedness Starts Local: KAMM Senior Preparedness Tour.

During each senior center visit, participants will receive preparedness education covering topics such as developing an emergency

plan, maintaining important emergency and medical contact information, preparing an emergency supply kit, receiving emergency

warnings, planning for power outages, identifying safe locations, and maintaining communication with family, friends, and neighbors.

The project will emphasize a simple message: preparedness does not have to be complicated or expensive. Small actions

taken today can make a significant difference when an emergency occurs. By bringing this message directly into senior centers through the KAMM Senior Preparedness Tour, Preparedness Starts Local will help strengthen individual preparedness while also

building more resilient communities throughout the region.

As a non-profit, KAMM offers funds for projects that promote hazard mitigation through our annual community mitigation grant fundraising. Monies from our fundraising go toward community hazard mitigation projects. Our grants are based upon how much we raise in the previous year. 

You can contribute to the grant fund in five ways:

• Scan the QR code to the left to link to PayPal and make a donation.
• Scan the Kroger QR code to the right, join the Kroger Community Rewards Program, and choose KAMM as your organization to support. 
  
• Donate to and/or participate in the Silent Auction during KAMM's annual conference.
• Make a purchase at the KAMM Store on site at the annual conference.
• Designate your tax-deductible contribution as a donation to the KAMM Grant Fund and mail a check to:
  

Kentucky Association of Mitigation Managers, Inc.

1303 US 127 South

Suite 104 1004

Frankfort, KY 40601

Link below to an overview of our grant recipients.

KAMM 2025 Community Mitigation Grant Fund Recipient

2024 KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Recipient

2023 KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Recipient

2021 KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Recipients

2020 KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Recipients



Mitigation projects that support community involvement

and engagement will receive priority funding consideration. 

The applicant must be from the public sector.

KAMM’s Community Mitigation
Grant Application

KAMM will open the next application cycle in 2026 when we will be accepting new applications for the KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Program. KAMM promotes natural hazard mitigation and disaster recovery as well as public awareness of floodplain, stormwater, and emergency management.

The KAMM Grant Program offers local communities an opportunity for assistance with a mitigation project. The program allocates funds for projects that promote natural hazard mitigation and management or mitigation awareness in your community. 

Below is a list of project examples; however, any project that promotes the Purpose of KAMM is acceptable. Please be creative!

What are your community mitigation actions?

• Flood Hazard Mitigation:
• Upgrade undersized drainage systems
• Flood barriers, flood awareness equipment, and flood warning systems
• Stormwater Management Mitigation:
• Detention or retention basins
• Stream or wetland restoration
• Green infrastructure practices
• Conservation of Natural Features and Resources:
• Reforestation projects
• Parks or open green space
• Educational Awareness:
• Field trips/public outreach
• Signage to promote natural hazard mitigation and management
• Community mitigation library
• Local match funding for a larger mitigation grant

Kentucky is Vulnerable to Multiple Hazards

Dam Failure    Mine/Land Subsidence

Landslide       Severe Storm

Severe Winter Storm

Tornado     Forest Fire

Drought   Earthquake

Extreme Temperatures

Flood Hail StormKarst/Sinkhole

Kroger Community Rewards Program

Visit www.kroger.com to get started. Once you have logged into your Kroger account, select Community Rewards from the left page menu. Search for Kentucky Association of Mitigation Managers either by name or XF099 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.

Participants must swipe their registered Kroger rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.

Let’s raise money together to help communities across the Commonwealth grow stronger! Scan the QR code below to go to the Kroger Community Rewards site.

KAMM Kroger Rewards Contributions

2023: 10 households participating, $102.70

2024: 17 households participating, $193.78
 2025: 20 households participating, $192.58

KAMM Member’s Kroger Rewards have contributed $489.06 to the KAMM Community Mitigation Grant Fund!