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DHS Announces $1.6 Billion in Preparedness Grants
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced $1.6 billion for eight fiscal year 2022 preparedness grant programs.
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- May 13, 2022
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Rhode Island
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Rhode Island to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm and snowstorm from Jan. 28-29, 2022.
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- May 12, 2022
Into the Storm: Hurricane Hunters of NOAA Gather the Data We Need to Protect Our Communities
While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has many forecasting tools to gather and interpret data at its disposal such as radar, satellites and computer models and satellite imagery, the best data comes from the inside the actual storm.
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- May 9, 2022
New Mexico Residents Affected by Wildfires Can Apply for Possible FEMA Assistance
New Mexico homeowners and renters in the five counties, who sustained damage from the wildfires and straight-line winds beginning on April 5 and continuing, could be eligible for help from FEMA.
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- May 6, 2022
FEMA Seeks Public Feedback on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Public Assistance Programmatic Deadlines
FEMA’s Public Assisitance Program is seeking public feedback on a draft policy will establish Public Assistance programmatic and implementation deadlines across all COVID-19 emergency and major disaster declarations and describes application of the 100% cost share through July 1, 2022, and 90% federal cost share effective July 2, 2022.
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- April 28, 2022
Grants to disaster survivors (in millions) so far in 2022.
Number of hazard mitigation assistance sub-grants awarded so far in 2022.