Mitigation Grants News Today

At the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Delta’s landfall in Louisiana, state and local officials have mixed feelings about a long-awaited federal disaster relief bill that covers just a fraction of the estimated damage costs of that storm and Hurricane Laura before it.

FEMA funds a variety of mitigation measures through the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant program, including the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and