FEMA Approves More Than $24.2 Million to Help Communities Recover and Strengthen Resilience in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas
DENTON, Texas – Today, FEMA announced the approval of more than $24.2 million in post-disaster funding for Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas. These programs empower states, local communities, tribes and territories to recover to rebuild more resilient, safer communities and protect infrastructure from future events. With this funding, President Donald J. Trump is keeping his promise to reform federal disaster support and ensure that taxpayer money is spent only on projects that deliver safety and security to the American people.
The funding approved today includes $23.9 million under FEMA’s Public Assistance program awarded for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas.
FEMA disburses this money to states and local communities because they are best positioned to know how these funds will be most effectively spent. The funded projects include repairs to critical infrastructure, restoration of public buildings, road repairs and reimbursement for costs incurred to ensure public health and safety after a disaster.
Examples of projects reimbursed through Public Assistance funding approved today include:
- Nearly $740,000 to West Memphis School District in Arkansas to fund contents repair or replacement after severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in 2025.
- More than $696,000 to New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to lessen threats to public health, safety and property after severe storms, flooding and landslides in 2025.
- More than $555,000 to Creation Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana to fund building repair costs after damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021.
- More than $528,000 to the city of Burnet, Texas to fund repair or replace athletic fields, driveways and park buildings after severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding in 2025.
In addition, FEMA is awarding more than $330,000 for a hazard mitigation project in Kaufman, Texas. This money, administered through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, will be used to scope a project to improve drainage on Love Street. The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program empowers state, local and territory governments as well as Tribal Nations take proactive mitigation measures such as acquiring hazard-prone homes and businesses, adopting and enforcing building codes and standards, protecting against floods through elevations and drainage improvement projects, building safe rooms and upgrading utilities and infrastructure.
FEMA coordinates directly with the state on all hazard mitigation projects. This aligns with FEMA’s principles of ensuring that disaster recovery and mitigation is state-led and federally supported.
These projects are the latest examples of billions of dollars in disaster recovery provided by FEMA to support state and local communities as they work to rebuild from recent natural disasters.
FEMA continues its renewed commitment to help communities recover from disasters like hurricanes, severe storms, tornadoes and wildfires while making them more resilient from future disasters.
About FEMA Region 6
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