Page 14 - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program News Today

The federal programs are costly and take years. Few homeowners have benefited.

WASHINGTON ­- This week, President Biden approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the June 29 flood event, which caused massive damages in Jay. Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden applauded President Joe Biden’s approval of the State of Maine’s request for a Major

County commissioners at a Tuesday meeting learned staff members are looking into whether the county even received the money.

The state is waiting on a declaration for Oxford County's damage for heavy rains and flood damage from June 26.

The state is waiting on a declaration for Oxford County's damage for heavy rains and flood damage from June 26.

While the purpose of the government’s flooded property buyout programs is to remove flood-prone houses before they’re destroyed, many owners apply right after a disaster impacts them.

City officials and the owners of two Webster Groves homes destroyed in the July 2022 flood received word this week that federal officials have approved funding to buy the properties.

JAY - At the Jay Select Board meeting on Monday night, board members discussed the Franklin County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Adoption. According to Sara Bickford of the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency, the mitigation plan has been declared “approvable pending adoption.” Some of the funding opportunities for the approved mitigation plan include Building Resilient

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $500,000 in federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds for the LBJ Med

The Commonwealth has been awarded $20,053,105 in disaster relief funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.