{"id":72187,"date":"2026-03-26T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fema-resumes-disaster-mitigation-program-following-judges-order-on-lawsuit-brought-by-democratic-led-states\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T00:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:05:54","slug":"fema-resumes-disaster-mitigation-program-following-judges-order-on-lawsuit-brought-by-democratic-led-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fema-resumes-disaster-mitigation-program-following-judges-order-on-lawsuit-brought-by-democratic-led-states\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA resumes disaster mitigation program following judge&#8217;s order on lawsuit brought by Democratic-led states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA will make $1 billion available for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-reallocating-billions-in-fema-disaster-relief-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program<\/a><\/span>, which helps states, local governments, territories and tribes take on preparedness projects to harden against natural hazards like fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When done correctly, mitigation activities save lives and reduce the cost of future disasters,&#8221; Karen S. Evans, FEMA&#8217;s acting leader, said in a statement announcing the resumption.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hospitals-flood-risk-trump-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">slashed disaster preparedness dollars<\/a><\/span> across multiple FEMA programs. It&#8217;s been one year since President Trump approved any state or tribe&#8217;s request for hazard mitigation funding, a typical add on to major disaster declarations.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a FEMA document outlining the grant opportunity signals the administration might now be embracing aspects of mitigation to safeguard against disasters, stating that &#8220;BRIC aims to shift the focus of federal investments away from reactive post-disaster spending towards proactive infrastructure-focused hazard mitigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The funding announcement comes after FEMA under a previous acting leader, Cameron Hamilton, canceled the BRIC program in April 2025, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/yuba-sutter-levee-project-fema-funding-canceled\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">calling it &#8220;wasteful and ineffective.&#8221;<\/a><\/span> That decision drew blowback from Republican and Democratic lawmakers as roughly $3.6 billion was halted for what amounted to several years&#8217; worth of projects to protect infrastructure, communities and homes across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/femagrantcuts\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">A CBS News investigation<\/a>\u00a0last year revealed that the BRIC funding cuts disproportionately affected counties that supported Mr. Trump in the 2024 election, with two-thirds of the counties that lost funding having voted for the president. The elimination of the BRIC program especially deprived vulnerable communities across the Southeast \u2014 an area prone to natural disasters \u2014 the CBS News data analysis found.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA data <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-katrina-dauphin-island-20-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shows the cut impacted<\/a><\/span> nearly 700 projects, including\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/fema-pulls-150-million-from-south-florida-flood-projects-sparking-community-outcry\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">improvements to canal basins in South Florida<\/a><\/span>\u00a0plagued by flooding and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/femagrantcuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a new flood control system<\/a>\u00a0in Louisiana, where 60% of the structures in the town of Central were devastated by torrential rains in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge last December ruled that FEMA could not eliminate BRIC, and ordered FEMA to reverse course after a coalition of 22 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/states-sue-dhs-fema-cuts-disaster-mitigation-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sued the Trump administration<\/a><\/span>\u00a0over the cancellation.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit came as FEMA faced scrutiny about its response to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-floods-missing-people-death-toll-climbs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">floods in Texas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that killed more than 130 people, including at least 37 children. It was also filed days after heavy rains and flooding inundated communities in states ranging from\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-flash-flood-damage\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New York<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/flash-flooding-in-new-jersey-and-new-york-leads-to-major-cleanup-team-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-mexico-ruidoso-lincoln-flooding-nws\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New Mexico<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>After FEMA failed to release funding, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns again ordered FEMA this month to take steps toward restoring the program.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, FEMA announced it would resume program support for BRIC awards when the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/dhs-shutdown-2026-senate-funding-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">DHS shutdown<\/a><\/span> ended, saying that it had finished evaluating the program that was originally signed into law during Trump&#8217;s first term. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-season-2021-funds-preparedness\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Under former President Joe Biden<\/a><\/span>, BRIC became too bureaucratic and &#8220;focused on &#8216;climate change&#8217; initiatives,&#8221; FEMA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>States will have 120 days to apply for the new funding opportunity, which covers fiscal years 2024 and 2025, since FEMA rescinded last year&#8217;s opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>While the resumed funding restores access to badly needed assistance for some areas, FEMA imposed new rules that are in line with the Trump administration&#8217;s attempt to push more responsibility for disaster management on states.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules, which include the cessation of funding for hazard mitigation planning and non-financial direct technical assistance, could impact smaller communities with fewer resources and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The program now maximizes state and local responsibility for resilience and risk reduction rather than federal investing in a wide range of activities,&#8221; a FEMA statement said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new grants also include certain caps on how much any single recipient can receive, and prioritize new applicants and &#8220;impoverished communities.&#8221; Those changes could be nods to past critiques that the BRIC program favored coastal states and was difficult for rural areas to access.<\/p>\n<p>Additional changes include prioritizing major infrastructure projects that &#8220;are ready to implement,&#8221; according to FEMA, and that incentivize &#8220;the latest hazard-resistant building codes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s still unclear how quickly they can expect resumption of the grants they were already awarded.<\/p>\n<p>BRIC&#8217;s cancellation held up construction of a flood wall in his Washington district, Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ranking member, said in a statement Wednesday. &#8220;Slowing states&#8217; ability to prepare for disasters was shortsighted, and communities like Aberdeen paid the price,&#8221; Larsen said.<\/p>\n<p>In the last decade, there have been almost as many weather- and climate-related disasters <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hawaii-wildfires-economic-toll-moodys\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">causing $1 billion in damages<\/a><\/span> or more as there were in the 35 years preceding that, according to a Climate Central database.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple studies have shown that preemptive investments in disaster readiness can yield significant savings.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/security\/the-preparedness-payoff-the-economic-benefits-of-investing-in-climate-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 2024 study<\/a>\u00a0funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found every $1 invested in disaster preparation saved $13 in economic impact, damage and cleanup costs.<\/p>\n<p>Former FEMA officials, lawmakers and disaster survivors have expressed cautious hope that\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/markwayne-mullin-confirmed-dhs-secretary-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">newly sworn in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin<\/a><\/span> could bring more stability to the agency after Kristi Noem&#8217;s tumultuous tenure. 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