Over the next year, FEMA incrementally increased funding, eventually awarding over $9 billion, which the state did not need. From May 2021 to April 2023, unspent grant funds reached $4 billion ...

FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect President Trump’s ...

FEMA staff have also been answering phones at a disaster call center, where, according to one agency official, callers have ...

Part of the reason FEMA has spent so much money this fiscal year is that it lifted the spending restriction on Oct. 1, when Congress replenished the disaster fund.

FEMA had already run out of money earlier this year, so Congress recently opened up the agency’s fiscal year 2025 budget. That gave FEMA about $20 billion worth of funding to tap into as it ...

The budget for the past year was a significant increase from the 2023 fiscal year, when $363 million was allocated. Together, more than $1 billion has been spent on non-citizen services over the ...

Washington (CNN) — The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is rapidly spending its disaster funding as it responds to back-to-back major hurricanes Helene and Milton – coming on top of a ...

When FEMA reached a new fiscal year on Oct. 1, it could tap into its $20 billion budget. But just 38 days into the new fiscal year, FEMA had already exhausted almost three quarters of that budget ...

The State of Florida and local governments might have to play a bigger role in leading relief and recovery efforts during this year’s hurricane season.While FEMA has gone through major budget ...

Over the next year, FEMA incrementally increased funding, eventually awarding over $9 billion, which the state did not need. From May 2021 to April 2023, unspent grant funds reached $4 billion ...

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is rapidly spending its disaster funding as it responds to back-to-back major hurricanes Helene and Milton – coming on top of a nonstop disaster year ...

When FEMA reached a new fiscal year on Oct. 1, it could tap into its $20 billion budget. But just 38 days into the new fiscal year, FEMA had already exhausted almost three quarters of that budget ...