US EditionAid groups weigh how much more they can help if FEMA reduces its disaster response
- Aid groups are reassessing their roles as FEMA may reduce its disaster response capacity in the 2025 hurricane season.
- This shift follows President Trump's intent to overhaul FEMA and concerns about slower or fewer major disaster declarations this spring.
- Nonprofits are already strained by funding cuts, lost staff, and increased disaster referrals rising over 50% in 2024.
- FEMA has allocated more than $460 million in direct aid to assist 160,000 households in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, and provided upwards of $136 million to support 34,500 households affected by the fires in Los Angeles, funding temporary housing and repair assistance.
- Experts warn reduced federal aid risks overburdening nonprofits and local groups, making community preparedness and donations crucial to filling gaps.
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Nonprofits brace for FEMA pullback amid disasters
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Nonprofits like Team Rubicon may fill FEMA‘s gaps amid potential federal pullbacks. Trump signals intent to scale back FEMA and reduce disaster aid. Experts warn communities and states are under-resourced for emergencies. Relief organizations are pre-positioning supplies and building local partnerships. Volunteers with the humanitarian nonprofit Team Rubicon are accustomed to filling in the gaps of disaster recovery — they c…
If FEMA reduces its disaster response, what can be done?
Volunteers with the humanitarian nonprofit Team Rubicon are accustomed to filling in the gaps of disaster recovery - they chainsaw downed trees after wildfires, muck out flooded homes and rebuild roofs blown off by hurricanes. But with concern and confusion over how the federal government will respo...
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Aid groups weigh how much more they can help if FEMA reduces its disaster response
With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to expand the ways they help communities after hurricanes, fires and other storms.
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