Trump FEMA Abandons Rural Communities; Democratic States Litigating to Protect Disaster Mitigation Program

Trump FEMA Abandons Rural Communities; Democratic States Litigating to Protect Disaster Mitigation Program

In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s oversight, terminated its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, a program approved by Congress in 2018 to provide more stable funding for projects that would build better infrastructure to withstand disasters and ultimately reduce the cost of disaster recovery: Studies show preparing for disasters ahead of time can mean signifi…

More than $200M in cuts to FEMA's BRIC program leave NC communities in limbo

Dozens of North Carolina communities are in limbo after FEMA canceled more than $200 million worth of grants for flood-mitigation projects earlier this year in the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant program, also known as BRIC.