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US FEMA resumes key disaster prevention program that it canceled last year
FEMA reinstates $1 billion BRIC grant program with new rules covering fiscal years 2024-2025, aiming to support disaster preparedness while shifting more responsibility to states.
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency resumed a $1 billion resilience grant program to help states, local governments, territories, and tribes take on preparedness projects against natural hazards after a federal judge ordered FEMA to restore the program following a lawsuit by 22 Democratic-led states.
- The new rules maximize state and local responsibility for resilience and risk reduction rather than federal investing in a wide range of activities, which could impact smaller communities with fewer resources and expertise.
- The program's cancellation last year by the Trump administration drew blowback from lawmakers as roughly $3.6 billion was halted for several years' worth of projects to protect infrastructure, communities, and homes across the U.S.
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FEMA complies with court order to resume major disaster preparedness grant program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available.
FEMA Says It Has Restored $1 Billion to a Critical Disaster Resilience Program
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via APThe Trump administration says it has restored a major grant program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, weeks after a federal judge said the government was flouting court orders.FEMA announced Wednesday that it’s making $1 billion in federal funding available to states, territories, Tribal Nations, and local governments through its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The Tr…
FEMA resumes disaster prevention grants after court ruling | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday it was resuming a disaster prevention program it canceled last year and reopening it to funding applications following legal setbacks.
US FEMA resumes key disaster prevention program that it canceled last year
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday it was resuming a disaster prevention program it canceled last year and reopening it to funding applications following legal setbacks.
FEMA resumes disaster mitigation program following judge's order on lawsuit brought by Democratic-led states
FEMA will make $1 billion available for the BRIC program, which helps local governments harden against natural hazards like fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.
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