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City of Savannah faces loss of $30 million grant after federal program cut
FEMA said in a press release the BRIC Grant program was cut to remove "wasteful" and "politicized" initiative.
'Break the cycle of damage': Former FEMA official calls out Trump Administration's cut of recovery program
A former high ranking Federal Emergency Management Agency official defends a federal disaster recovery program that's on the ...
Trump administration ends key grant program that helps communities prepare for disasters
The Trump administration is ending a key program used by communities to pay for projects designed to help them prepare for ...
FEMA Cuts More Than $300 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid to New York
Much of the money was to go toward flood mitigation in vulnerable areas of New York City that were struck hard by Hurricane ...
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Trump cuts FEMA program that impacts Louisiana
President Donald Trump's administration has ended a FEMA program heavily relied upon by Louisiana that paid to elevate homes, build levees and do other work to lessen damage from storms, ...
Scranton: FEMA funding cut erases $2.5M for 21 flood buyouts in city
The Trump administration’s elimination of a Federal Emergency Management Administration funding program translates to the city losing $2.5 million for buyouts of 21 flood-prone properties that were ...
NY food banks at risk from federal funding cuts: What you should know
"These cuts will deprive Americans of food assistance, emergency food providers of necessary support to carry out their work, and American farmers of vital domestic markets." ...
Trump cuts to weather and emergency services could force CT to fend for itself
Funding cuts and firings at agencies like NOAA could greatly reduce CT's ability to prepare for, and respond to, climate and ...
Trump cuts millions in FEMA funding for Bridgeport flood-protection project
Bridgeport has lost a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that would have helped prevent future flood damage to the ...