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Vernon County staff report mixed news on FEMA, generator and domestic-violence grants; county may seek $45,000 to sustain services
Summary
County staff reported progress on FEMA demolition timelines and generator grant work but said a state-level cancellation of a rural violent-crime reduction grant is threatening a domestic-violence program; staff told the committee they may request roughly $45,000 from unallocated county funds to sustain services through year end.
County staff updated the committee on several state and federal grants affecting infrastructure and human services and warned that one grant cancellation could interrupt an active domestic-violence intervention program.
Amy (department staff) reported that a FEMA-funded demolition project had a federal deadline extension (to late November) allowing the county to proceed with acquisition and demo work for properties in a floodplain. "I got such from the state that FEMA extended till November 29," she said, noting the extension permits one homeowner more time to close on a…
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