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• A program developed by the FEMA Mitigation Division to provide incentives for those communities in the National Flood Insurance Program that have gone beyond the minimum floodplain management requirements to develop extra measures to provide protection from flooding.

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  Cite Definition for Community Rating System (CRS)

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Community Rating System (CRS). (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved June 5, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/community-rating-system-crs.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Community Rating System (CRS). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/community-rating-system-crs (accessed: June 5, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Community Rating System (CRS)." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 5 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/community-rating-system-crs.

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