Community Wildfire Defense Grants

Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service State and Private Forestry

Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes

Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”

Authorization:
P.L. 117-58

1,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026

Description

The Community Wildfire Defense Grants program, established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), provides grants to at-risk communities to develop or revise a community wildfire protection plan and to carry out projects described in a community wildfire protection plan that is not more than 10 years old, with priority given to areas with high or very high wildfire hazard potential, low-income communities, and a communities impacted by a severe disaster.

Appropriations

Regular Supplemental IIJA IRA
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022 200,000,000
FY2023 200,000,000
FY2024 200,000,000
FY2025 200,000,000
FY2026 200,000,000

Last Updated: March 20, 2026

Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – New

Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No