FEMA cuts disaster mitigation program; Louisiana to lose $720M

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ended a program Louisiana depends on to fund natural disaster mitigation projects.

The federal agency announced on April 4 the end of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, canceling all applications from fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Officials said if funds have not been distributed, then they will be immediately returned to the Disaster Relief Fund or the U.S. Treasury.

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