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There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

When Professor Tora Johnson and her University of Maine at Machias team were preparing an application for a federal grant to help fund a seawall and berms to protect low-lying downtown Machias from floods, it seemed they had a project that fit. ....

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Coastal News Today | ME - There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

Maine, with its thousands of miles of serpentine coastline and communities highly vulnerable to flooding and storms, would seem the perfect candidate for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, an umbrella of awards aimed at making towns and cities more resilient to natural disasters and less reliant on federal funding when calamities do strike. But communities aren’t applying for the funding and when they do, few are successful. ....

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Maine Monitor: There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

By Kate Cough, The Maine Monitor November 25, 2023 Maine, with its thousands of miles of serpentine coastline and communities highly vulnerable to flooding and storms, would seem the perfect candidate for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, an umbrella of awards aimed at making towns and cities more resilient to natural disasters and less reliant ....

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There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

Small cities and towns face many challenges when it comes to applying for grants, including being unaware of the programs in the first place. ....

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