H2O Partners, Inc.

H2O Partners, Inc. is an industry trusted corporation with expertise in disaster recovery planning. Our mission is to improve response, recovery and mitigation from natural disasters with a tailored, flexible and cost-effective approach. H2O Partners qualifies as a small business, a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), and a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB). H2O Partners has extensive experience assisting local and state governments, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the private sector. H2O Partners are experts in Public Assistance (PA), Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA), Community Development Block Grant (HUD-CDBG), the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA), grant development and management, environmental permitting and regulatory compliance, hazard mitigation planning, and floodplain management, administration, and training, including the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).H2O Partners was formed in 2001 by Jo Ann Howard, former National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Administrator at FEMA. H2O Partners brings together an accomplished team of national experts who have provided leadership and technical support for many presidentially declared disasters. H2O Partners is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in New York.