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Adjutant General and KDEM ask Legislature for state disaster funds as federal support wanes
Summary
The Adjutant General's Department and Kansas Division of Emergency Management told the Senate Ways and Means Committee the state needs reappropriated disaster funds and supplemental support as federal emergency management funding declines.
Kyle Anderson, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, summarized the Adjutant General's budget and the KDEM supplemental and enhancement requests tied to disaster reimbursements and federal funding levels.
Lieutenant Colonel Keith Marshall described the state disaster fund mechanics: when a federally declared disaster is approved by FEMA, projects are submitted and paid; typically FEMA provides 75% of eligible public-assistance costs, the state provides 10% and the locality 15%. The Adjutant General requested a $1,600,000 supplemental in FY2025 to cover the state's…
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