Celebrating Black History Month
We celebrate FEMA’s African American employees that work everywhere, every day, to make sure that no community and no survivor are ever left behind.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Amends Federal Cost Share for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Typhoon Mangkhut from Sept. 10-11, 2018. The President authorized the federal cost-share for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation and Other Needs Assistance to increase from 75% to 90%. This action reduces the Commonwealth’s financial responsibilities by nearly $1 million.
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- February 7, 2023
FEMA Lays Foundation for Strategic Plan: Engages Stakeholders and Initiates Efforts to Instill Equity, Increase Resilience and Readiness Posture
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced the agency’s progress on its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan and posture for the year ahead.
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- February 2, 2023
Episode 109: The National Water Center - Addressing the Nation's Flood Risks
A little over 10 years ago, congressional leaders responded to the growing need for water resources intelligence by having NOAA Build a National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The center is charged with developing and providing this new generation of water prediction services for the entire nation. These services help to inform essential emergency management and water resource decisions from all time scales, including flooding and drought, low flow risks and information for routine and long-range water management and planning. In this episode, we catch up with Whitney Flynn, FEMA's liaison to the National Water Center, to discuss why the partnership is so critical in helping communities deal with flooding events before, during, and after they occur.
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- February 2, 2023
Twenty Tribes and All Inhabited U.S. Territories Are Now Eligible for FEMA's Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program
FEMA is expanding the eligibility for a new grant program that provides capitalization grants to fund revolving loans for resilience-related activities. The bipartisan infrastructure law provides $500 million over five years for this new community resilience program.
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- January 30, 2023
Purchasing Under FEMA Awards Training: Top 10 Procurement Under Grant Mistakes
FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) is offering a one-hour training on the federal procurement rules applicable to recipients and subrecipients purchasing under a FEMA grant award.
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Grants to disaster survivors (in billions) in 2022.
Number of hazard mitigation assistance sub-grants awarded in 2022.