ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved a grant of $2,009,705 for the State of Florida to help Indian River County defray the cost of beach repairs associated with Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
FEMA Public Assistance program funds will reimburse the county for the cost of installing 61,100 cubic yards of engineered dune beach sand over a 2.7-mile area.
The program provides grants to state, tribal, and local governments, and certain types of private nonprofit organizations, including some houses of worship, so communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies.
The federal share for Public Assistance projects is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The state determines how the nonfederal share of the cost of a project (up to 25 percent) is split with the subrecipients like local and county governments.
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