FEMA announced more than $11.2 million to help Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska strengthen community resilience, restore critical infrastructure and invest in mitigation measures to reduce future disaster damage.
This funding is part of the $584 million approved nationwide through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs. These programs help states, local communities, tribes and territories to rebuild safer communities and protect infrastructure from future events. The funding supports President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to improving federal disaster assistance and investing in projects that protect Americans.
Today’s funding includes more than $9.9 million under FEMA’s Public Assistance program across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Examples of Public Assistance projects include:
- More than $640,000 to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis in Missouri for building repair or replacement.
- More than $586,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for debris removal operations.
- More than $533,000 to the Garfield County Frontier Fair Association in Nebraska for repair of the barns on the rodeo grounds.
- More than $138,000 to the Rock Rapids Municipal Utility in Iowa for repair or replacement of meters and regulators.
- More than $118,000 to the City of Spencer, Iowa for repair or replacement to the citywide sewer system.
FEMA is also awarding more than $1.3 million for projects in Iowa through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to prevent or reduce future disaster damage.
Examples of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects include:
- More than $997,000 to the City of Hawarden, Iowa for property acquisitions.
- More than $330,000 to Marion County, Iowa for warning and alert systems.
FEMA coordinates directly with the state on all recovery and hazard mitigation projects, ensuring recovery is state-led and federally supported.
These projects are part of FEMA’s ongoing support for state and local communities rebuilding from disasters. FEMA remains committed to helping communities recover from severe storms, tornadoes and wildfires and to building resilience for the future.
