The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this month that it is cancelling a popular grant program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars each year to states for projects designed to protect local communities from the effects of natural disasters.
FEMA abruptly announced the change to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC, grant program on April 4, just two weeks before the deadline to apply for the latest round of funds.
“The BRIC program was yet another example of a wasteful and ineffective FEMA program,” a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement. “It was more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.”
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