US EditionDHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show
TEXAS, AUG 7 – Funding delays caused FEMA call centers to answer only 20% of 55,000 disaster aid calls after deadly Texas floods, leaving survivors without timely assistance for five days.
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DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show
In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR.The call center staffing meltdown appears to have happened because of an administrative bottleneck created by the Trump administration. Homeland Security Secreta…
'Shocking': Texas flood victims left out to dry due to Trump admin 'funding lapse'
Texans affected by the deadly Central Texas flood last month were left unable to reach a federal crisis hotline for five consecutive days due to a “funding lapse” created by the Trump administration, NPR reported Thursday.According to documents newly obtained by NPR, funding for call centers contrac...
DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show - TPR: The Public's Radio
Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money. The post DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
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