FEMA To stop the subsidies for disaster protection, the internal notice says
Incult notes in the FEMA says that the agency cancel future and existing subsidies and help the tribes prepare floods, tornadoes and other disasters
Parishioners and community members have more than 1 damage to Christ’s church on April 3, 325, 325, in Kentucky. Kentucky governor Andy Beshear gave an emergency situation during Kentucky’s storms that will cause flash floods and tornadoes.
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Climatewire | The Trump Administration considers a well-known grant program, to protect millions of dollars and communities according to an internal document obtained by Politico’s E & E News.
The Cameron Hamilton Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote on Thursday that the Agency will not guide 750 million dollars this year to build infrastructure and community aid. The BRIC program funds local projects that reduce damage from floods, tornadoes and other weather-related events.
FEMAs will also be funded for Bric grants and are still in progress, Hamilton wrote.
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Cancellation is the latest blow to Trump Administration, which offers tens of dollars of one year in disasters and grants. The administration also has 10,000 billion dollars in disaster For non-profits, hospitals include FEMA programs to support non-document migrants.
ACHEWALAIN Safety Kristi Noem decreased or dismantled agency, saying in March: “We will delete the FEMA”.
Although the agency has faced the critics, from President Donald Trump – As the response of the main disasters, Bric had extensive praises, as a manner of natural disasters and climate impacts.
BRIC has distributed $ 5 billion since the grants in 2020, the file documents in the show. Supports usually pay 75 percent of the project cost and some projects have given $ 50 million.
The program was so popular that the female had to refrain from almost 2,000 applicants in the gric subsidies. The same agency Bric bric States, places and local tribes “reduce risk risk” and help “build ability and ability”.
But Hamilton wrote on Thursday “Bric subsidies that do not want risk of risky mitigation, and planning investments in the state, local, tribes and the territorial capital.”
“Considering, I’m giving a new direction for the BRIC program,” Hamilton has added to his two-page memory.
Female higher official officials showed concern about releasing pre-accepted bric subsidy.
“All the things selected, but all things that did not start will be canceled,” said FEMA alienation did not ask ex former official officials. Cancellation could be applied to complete projects or the second half of a half-way project.
“This will crush the progress projects,” said a second senior female official.
Although Bick Congress and States are precious, the program has become the target of Trump Administration, to deal with the climate change and promote its heritage.
In February, Trump Administration has removed funding notice Published in the last days of the Biden Administration BRIC subsidies by inviting $ 750 million applications. At the time it was not clear that the Trump Administration must cancel the program or rewrite the release to remove references to community disabled and climate change.
President Joe Biden ordered the program to deal with and spending climate change Its 40 percent Give money in projects that help communities with high poverty, unemployment and environmental exposure rates. Congress increased a lot of the annual Brick allocations under the presidency of the Ib synthes.
In his note, Hamilton said FEMA “Evaluate all existing subsidies and priorities, scope and setting of setting”. Thanks to the evaluation, FEMA scholarships want to slide March 19 Order Aimed by the disaster from Trump to state and local governments.
“Further, the female works to identify that the new priorities of preferences can effectively and efficiently,” Hamilton added.
BRIC is the largest female grant program that is provided through a national competition.
A FEMPER REMOVEMENT Program is also reviewed by the FEMAK protection project, although Hamilton’s notice does not mention the program.
When the administration removes the BRIC funding release, he would announce 600 million dollars through $ 600 million through the support grant program to alleviate the flood of the female.
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