Project Grant EMS2020BR1290001

The Lummi Indian Business Council was awarded a $469,945.52 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards under the BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program (CFDA 97.047). The grant will support hazard mitigation activities from September 2, 2022 through September 1, 2025. As the guiding principles of the BRIC program indicate, the funding will enable the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation to strengthen community resilience by reducing the risks from disasters and natural hazards. The grant award will allow the tribe to deliver services and undertake infrastructure projects that mitigate vulnerabilities and damage from future disasters in the Bellingham, Washington area through September 2025.