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Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has eliminated the BRIC program, which revoked about $3.6 billion in funding for communities, including Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, which was set to receive $4 million.
- Twenty-Two states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit to demand the federal government release the obligated funding, including FEMA grants.
- Local officials have expressed that the cuts will harm disaster prevention efforts, with one stating that losing funding was a catastrophic blow for future infrastructure projects.
- U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. Urged FEMA to revive the BRIC program, highlighting the financial struggles of communities in his district needing disaster adaptation work.
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Council Holds Back FEMA Vote Again - Rogue River Press
As City Administrator Ryan Nolan had advised Mayor Pam VanArsdale and the Rogue River City Council at the council’s previous workshop session, the city council voted to hold back its vote to adopt flood plain standards that reflect a 2016 Biological Opinion that demanded the Federal Emergency Management Agency impose new development rules on the floodplains. The council decided to continue its vote until its June 26 meeting. “There are some pend…
FEMA cuts impact hazard mitigation efforts in Whately, Colrain
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.
To the Members of Congress, and to Anyone Who Still Believes in What This Country Could Be:
You didn’t just cut a program. You cut the volunteers. The ones who woke before dawn in unfamiliar towns, shoved themselves into old vans, and drove straight toward the disaster when everyone else turned around. The ones who walked into…
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