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DPS describes FEMA mitigation funds, buyouts and proposed state match carried forward
Summary
DPS told the committee it has mitigation funding from multiple disasters, is managing dozens of buyout applications, and is carrying forward roughly $7.4 million in state funds to serve as match for FEMA mitigation projects and buyouts.
Department of Public Safety budget staff told the House Appropriations Committee that Vermont has received mitigation funding related to multiple declared disasters and is using state carryforwards to provide the nonfederal match for FEMA buyouts and mitigation projects.
"It's 15% of whatever the total disaster was," a department official explained in describing how mitigation funds are calculated and distributed after disasters. The department said…
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