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The Trump Administration ended the BRIC program even as the nation is experiencing increasingly frequent and wetter storms. The state says $200 million in grants were affected in North Carolina.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended because of the Trump administration's elimination of a federal grant program.
Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America Apr 28, 2025 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon’s ability to prepare for disasters is at risk after the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled a grant program, officials warn. On Thursday, the Oregon ...
While the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) revised fire grant policies for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), Staffing for Adequate Fire and ...
But, in April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the end to the program and the retroactive cancellation of all applications and awards from 2020 to 2023. “The timing was ...
Despite the state's experience and expertise, Florida has historically relied on tens of billions of recovery dollars provided by FEMA.
FEMA says more than $3.6 billion of BRIC funds will be returned to the federal Disaster Relief Fund, for disaster response and recovery, and an additional $882 million is being returned to the U.S ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon’s ability to prepare for disasters is at risk after the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled a grant program, officials warn.On Thursday, the Oregon Department ...