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Pew: states should measure, manage and mitigate wildfire costs; offers framework for disaster‑ready budgets

5052009 · June 24, 2025
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Rona Joy Sen of the Pew Charitable Trusts told the committee Pew’s ‘measure, manage, mitigate’ framework for aligning state budgeting with rising disaster costs and offered technical assistance examples from other states.

Rona Joy Sen of the Pew Charitable Trusts told the committee that rising disaster frequency and cost — including wildfires — creates fiscal risk to state budgets and that states should adopt a three‑part approach: measure disaster costs across agencies, manage funding with forward‑looking budgeting or dedicated funds and mitigate risk through…

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