Nevada Wrestles with Possibility of FEMA Cuts

Nevada wrestles with possibility of FEMA cuts

(The Center Square) — Nevada’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is bracing for federal funding cuts to an urban security grant.

States Must Agree to Use Part of Funds to Arrest Illegal Immigrants to Qualify for Homeland Security Grants: FEMA

The Trump administration will make $454.5 million available to states that agree to use part of the money to assist federal agencies in fighting terrorism and illegal immigration, under the Homeland Security Grant Program. A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) information bulletin released on July 29 said the funds are split between two programs, the State Homeland Security Program and Operation Stonegarden. The funding is to support stat…

Nevada scrambles to adapt to FEMA funding cuts, new requirement to fund border security

FEMA plans to cut its Urban Areas Security Initiative program, according to memos reported on by CNN, though it has not formally announced it.

Nevada scrambles to adapt to FEMA funding cuts, new requirement to fund border security • Nevada Current

(Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)A new requirement that states fund immigration enforcement and the apparent axing of a grant program for densely populated urban areas will result in the State of Nevada having significantly less money to spend on emergency preparedness and counterterrorism, top state administrators said Tuesday. Brett Compston, who leads Nevada’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, warned members of the …

‘A huge mistake.’ ‘Disastrous.’ Readers blast proposed cuts to public safety programs

FEMA is proposing nearly $1 billion in cuts to grant programs that public safety agencies use to strengthen disaster preparedness