FEMA: Additional Help Approved for Nine California Counties Due to Wildfires
Additional help has been approved for nine California counties ravaged by the September/October wildfires. The following assistance, approved Nov. 25, is added to the Oct. 16 presidential disaster declaration for the wildfire period Sept. 4 through Nov. 17, 2020: Del Norte County for Public Assistance, including direct federal assistance. Fresno, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, Shasta, Siskiyou,…
FEMA: New Study Released Highlighting Benefits of Higher Building Code Standards
FEMA released the “Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study,” which highlights and uses big data to show the benefits of constructing buildings at a higher building code standard for natural disasters such as wind, floods and seismic activity. In the United States, FEMA found that 18.1 million buildings constructed at a higher building code standard…
FEMA: Medocino and Stanislaus Counties in California Added to August Wildfire Disaster Declaration
Mendocino and Stanislaus counties have been approved for federal assistance to individuals and households, as well as for repairs or rebuilding of community infrastructure, as part of the major wildfire disaster declaration approved Aug. 22. The deadline to register for assistance with FEMA under Disaster 4558 is Nov. 21. FEMA’s individual assistance program provides grants…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Florida
FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Eta beginning on Nov. 7 and continuing. Federal funding is available to the state and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a 75% federal cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures limited to direct federal…
FEMA: Five Additional Louisiana Parishes Designated for Individual Disaster Assistance
Homeowners and renters in Beauregard, Lafayette, Rapides, St. Landry and St. Martin parishes may now apply for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Delta. To be eligible for federal disaster aid, storm damage and losses from the hurricane and flooding must have occurred as a result of Delta…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding on Sept. 13. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the Municipality of Arecibo. Assistance can include grants for temporary…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Mississippi
FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Mississippi to supplement state and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Zeta beginning on Oct. 27 and continuing. Federal funding is available to the state and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures. Public Assistance Category B emergency protective…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Louisiana
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement the state’s response efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Zeta beginning Oct. 26, and continuing. Federal funding is available to the state, eligible tribal and local governments, on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures. Public Assistance Category…
EDA: $328,972 Invested to Create Economic Resiliency Plan to Reduce Flooding Impact in Richland County, WA
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $328,972 grant to the county of Richland, Wisconsin, and the Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Platteville, Wisconsin, to develop an economic resiliency plan that will diversify economic opportunities and reduce future flood impacts on Richland County’s economic…
EDA: $7.7 Million Invested to Make Infrastructure Improvements in Greenville, MS Opportunity Zone
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.7 million grant to the city of Greenville, Mississippi, to make sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements needed to keep businesses open in the event of future flooding and spur new business growth. The EDA grant, to be located…