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MONTGOMERY, Ala.

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Awards for Permanent Work Increase in 2020

Ninety-seven percent of FEMA obligations during the year were for permanent work

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FEMA Direct Temporary Housing Program Continues to Ramp Up

SALEM, Ore – As families, communities and businesses continue to recover from September’s devastating wildfires, FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing mission, providing temporary housin

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FEMA Helpline Closes for Holidays; Mitigation Outreach Phones Open

BATON ROUGE, La.

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HOLIDAY STRESS in the TIME of COVID-19

HOLIDAY STRESS in the TIME of COVID-19

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FEMA Awards $3 Million to Rhode Island Department of Health for COVID-19 Expenses

REGION 1 – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3,055,957 to the Rhode Island Department of Health to help reimburse eligible expenses which incurred as a re

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Take Extra Precautions as Temperatures Drop This Week
CHICAGO – Sub-zero temperatures are forecast this week and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants individuals and families to be safe when faced with the hazards of severely cold weather.
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FEMA Provides Salt Lake City $3.7 Million for Seismic Retrofitting

DENVER – FEMA has announced an award of more than $3.7 million to Salt Lake City, Utah.

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FEMA Helpline Will Close for Christmas and New Year’s Holidays but Registration Will Still Be Available for Hurricane Zeta Survivors

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The FEMA telephone center that helps Hurricane Zeta survivors register for federal disaster assistance will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan.

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President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oklahoma

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by s

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