The Association of State Floodplain Managers

Flood science center- provides research to application development to education/outreach and promotes more effective Floodplain management at federal, State and local levels. Projects completed by asfpm's flood science center range from research to application development to education/outreach in order to further The mission of asfpm. Project deliverables, whenever possible, are widely disseminated to promote more effective Floodplain management at The federal, State, and local levels.

National/state/local policy issues- includes working with agencies, other nongovernmental organizations, and congress to provide meaningful feedback on policy proposals from The practitioner's point of view, facilitation collaboration among federal agencies and between agencies and state/local officials, and educating policy and decision makers on effective flood loss reduction approaches.the Association's national policy work includes working with agencies, other nongovernmental organizations, and congress to provide meaningful feedback on policy proposals from The practitioner's point of view, facilitating collaboration among federal agencies and between agencies and state/local officials, and educating policy and decision makers on effective flood loss reduction approaches.

Conferences- provides peer exchange and training for attendees on topics related to flooding and Floodplain management. The asfpm annual technical conference is The country's premier conference for all things related to flooding and Floodplain management. The conference provides peer exchange and training for attendees. Attendance for The past several years has exceeded 1,000 professionals from across The country as well as internationally.

Certification- provides skills and knowledge to professionals involvedin Floodplain management.certified Floodplain manager (cfm) program thecfm program is a national professional accreditation program overseenand administered by asfpm that serves to increase The overall skill andknowledge level of professionals involved in The field of floodplainmanagement. Currently there are over 7,500 cmf's in The nation. The cfmprogram has a rigorous continuing education requirement.

Membership - provides members with various services such as alerts onfloodplain management issues, leadership opportunities, and discountson cfm certification, maintenance fees, and training.the membershipprogram allows members to pay dues to stay alerted and invested infloodplain management issues and participate in committee and otherleadership opportunitiies. A large benefit of membership is The abilityto receive discounts on cfm certification, maintenance fees andtraining. The cfm program currently has over 9,700 certifiedindividuals, and is The only national professional certificationavailable in The us. The program is overseen and administered by asfpm.membership also allows for discounts to partake in webinars offered byasfpm which count toward cfm maintenance training.

Webinars/trainings - provides trainings and webinars on professionaldevelopment and continuing education on Floodplain and flood riskmanagement for members and other interested individuals.regularlyscheduled training and webinars are offered to provide professionaldevelopment and continuing education on Floodplain and flood riskmanagement for our members and other interested individuals. Theseevents are also open to The public.