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RRPC staff warn BRIC cancellations could delay local hazard mitigation planning and FEMA benefits
Summary
The commission’s executive director and emergency management planner said the cancellation of BRIC funding affects local hazard mitigation plan updates and could influence FEMA eligibility; staff said Vermont Emergency Management indicated an adopted or pending-adoption plan can qualify towns for certain benefits.
RRPC staff told commissioners on April 15 that recent federal grant changes, including cancellation of BRIC program awards for 2024, threaten updates and scoping work on local hazard mitigation plans that many towns rely on for FEMA and other program benefits.
Executive Director Devin (last name not stated) said the BRIC program cancellation affected both 2024 awards and some 2023 projects that had not yet been awarded, leaving several towns with local hazard mitigation plan updates…
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