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U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran have announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Securityâs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays . U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran have announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays Resiliency Project, which will replenish tidal wetlands to prevent flooding, sewerage back-up and unhealthy living environments in the Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays.
NASSAU COUNTY, NY FEMA has awarded Nassau County $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays Resiliency Project, which will replenish tidal wetlands to prevent flooding, sewage back-up and unhealthy environments in Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays.
The grant money was announced by Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. The money comes from FEMA s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which gives funds to local governments to rebuild in ways that help prevent future disasters. With our climate changing and sea levels rising, Long Island faces the troubling reality of stronger and more frequent storms, said Rice. By repairing tidal wetlands, this project will both strengthen storm resiliency along our shores and improve water quality. I am pleased FEMA has awarded this federal grant, and I will continue to fight for federal funding in Congress to ensure we are prepared for when the next Superstorm Sandy hits.
Published: Friday, February 26, 2021
Mississippi tornado. Photo credit: Thomas Graning/Associated Press
A man searches for belongings after a tornado ravaged Tupelo, Miss., in 2014. The state failed to spend millions of dollars in federal disaster aid in the years that followed the storm. Thomas Graning/Associated Press
The money should have been a bonanza: After tornadoes killed 11 people in Mississippi in early 2014, the federal government approved $14 million to help fortify the state against future disasters.
Mississippi had been battered by 21 major events, including Hurricane Katrina, in the previous 13 years. And it needed cash. The state had the nation s smallest per capita tax base, the lowest per capita income and the smallest per capita gross domestic product.
TtInspires: Christina Hendrick, Post-Disaster Programs Deputy Director
TtInspires: Christina Hendrick, Post-Disaster Programs Deputy Director
Closing the gap between emergency practitioners and federal funding programs to improve mitigation, post-event recovery, and community resilience
Published 02-01-21
Christina Hendrick is Tetra Tech’s deputy director of post-disaster programs. She joined our Disaster Recovery Group in Houston, Texas, just after Hurricane Harvey struck in 2017. Christina manages our most critical public assistance recovery projects throughout seven Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) regions, as well as multiple COVID-19 recovery projects using public assistance; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; and other grant funding sources. She is a seasoned grant manager with nearly 15 years of experience and has overseen FEMA and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant funding under public assistance, FEMA Hazard