US EditionIn Unusual Move, FEMA Halts Preparedness Grant Money, Orders States to Recount Their Populations Excluding Deported Migrants
States must exclude deported migrants from population counts to access over $300 million in emergency preparedness grants, a requirement FEMA says ensures accurate fund allocation.
- On Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency halted hundreds of millions in Emergency Management Performance Grants, requiring states to submit a population certification as of September 30 excluding individuals removed under US immigration laws.
- Longstanding administration pressure led the Federal Emergency Management Agency to require updated data reflecting deportations and recent population shifts, altering reliance on historical Census measures.
- Funding notices reveal Emergency Management Performance Grants totaled more than $300 million last year, while FEMA warned states they’d get less than half of $460 million in homeland security funds, with New York and Illinois losing more than $130 million combined.
- NEMA warned that continued delays in FEMA funding risk local communities relying on preparedness funding, while a government shutdown could furlough FEMA employees and shorten the one-year grant spending deadline.
- A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled Wednesday that the administration cannot permanently redirect funds from 11 Democratic-led states, while FEMA says the rule 'applies to all states.
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FEMA Suspends Emergency Preparedness Funds Until Population Counts Are Updated
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Oct. 3 that it stopped distributing emergency preparedness funds to states until they update their populations in the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Called emergency management performance grants, these funds “assist state, local, tribal and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System and the National Prep…
US agency halts emergency funds, demands state population data reflecting deportations
US agency halts emergency funds, demands state population data reflecting deportations The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday it stopped distributing funds for emergency preparedness to states until they provide updated population counts that account for migrants deported since President Donald Trump took office.The emergency preparedness funds put on hold, called emergency management performance grants, help local communiti…
In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migrants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency preparedness grants, requiring states to prove their population counts before they can access the money, the agency told CNN.
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