FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from April 29 – May 10, 2024. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the Commonwealth and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Missouri
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Missouri to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding from May 19–27, 2024. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Barry, Butler, Carter, Howell, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Texas…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Montana
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Montana to supplement recovery efforts in areas affected by the severe winter storm and flooding from May 6-9, 2024. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Kansas
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Kansas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding from April 25-30, 2024. Public assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for New Hampshire
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of New Hampshire to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storm and flooding from April 3-5, 2024. Federal funding is available to the state, eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis in Belknap, Carroll,…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Texas
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Texas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl from July 5-9, 2024. Federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis in Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bowie,…
HUD & FEMA: Agencies Partner to Enhance State Planning for Housing Recovery and to Build Resilience
Today, FEMA, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), published the Pre-Disaster Housing Planning Initiative Report to promote collaborative approaches to disaster housing recovery challenges and to bolster state planning for housing recovery before disasters occur. “I’ve traveled throughout the country to witness the aftermath of natural disasters and the devastating…
FEMA: 93 More Communities and Tribes Added to Program for Free Hands-On Support to Build Climate Resiliency, Bringing Total to 167 Nationwide
FEMA today announced 93 local communities, tribes and territories across all 10 FEMA regions will receive non-financial Direct Technical Assistance to help build community-wide resilience through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program. This more than doubles the number of recipients from last year. This announcement comes following the agency’s recent announcement on the 656 BRIC recipients. “FEMA is…
FEMA: $1 Billion in Project Selections Announced to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Through the Investing in America Agenda
Funding Boosted from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Support 656 Resilience Projects Nationwide President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the 656 project selections for $1 billion in climate resilience funding as part of his Investing in America agenda. The selections through…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Minnesota
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Minnesota to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms and flooding beginning June 16, 2024, and continuing. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for…