The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $2.25 million Project Grant to Newtok Village through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The grant will fund hazard mitigation activities from August 2021 through July 2024. Under the BRIC program, which makes federal funds available for hazard mitigation, Newtok Village will use the funding to implement pre-disaster mitigation projects to increase community resilience. Key details provided indicate the grant will...
Allakaket Village, a Tribal Government in Alaska, received a $310,640 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The grant will fund hazard mitigation activities from June 2023 through June 2026. The BRIC program provides federal funding to strengthen communities against disasters by lessening their impacts and reducing long-term costs from future damage and loss. Allakaket Village will use the...
The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs was awarded a $540,946 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to support pre-disaster mitigation efforts in Alaska. The period of performance for this award is from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. As part of this project, $540,946 will fund the Akiak Native Community's Akiak Home Relocation and Managed Retreat Project. The BRIC program aims...
The Native Village of Buckland has been awarded a $302,147 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047). The award, granted on February 21, 2024, will fund activities to enhance the community's resilience and preparedness for natural disasters and climate change impacts. Key initiatives supported by the grant include hazard mitigation planning, infrastructure hardening, and capacity...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $357,952.32 Project Grant to the New Stuyahok Village on September 21, 2022 under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047). The funding will support hazard mitigation activities for the New Stuyahok Traditional Council in New Stuyahok, Alaska. The BRIC program makes federal funds available to federally recognized tribal governments and local communities for projects that reduce risks from disasters and...
The Twin Hills Village Council was awarded a $179,854 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program (CFDA #97.047) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The BRIC program makes federal funds available to support hazard mitigation activities that reduce risks from disasters and their impacts on infrastructure. It is reasonable to infer that the Twin Hills Village Council will use the...
The Native Village of Napakiak received a $2,489,387 Project Grant award under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047). The 3-year grant, awarded on February 14, 2024, supports the tribe's efforts to enhance community resilience and preparedness against natural disasters and climate change impacts. Key products and services to be delivered include hazard mitigation planning, critical infrastructure hardening,...
The Seldovia Village Tribe was awarded a $1,354,556 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The grant will support hazard mitigation activities from November 2022 through November 2025. As the guiding principles of the BRIC program aim to make federal funds available to tribes and local communities for hazard mitigation, the Seldovia Village Tribe's grant-funded activities will likely include...
The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of the Alaska National Guard, received a $134,499.42 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on April 2, 2022 to support hazard mitigation activities under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The grant will fund projects through April 1, 2025. The BRIC program, administered by FEMA under CFDA #97.047, provides funding to states and territories to implement hazard mitigation...
The federal Project Grant award, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047), provides $176,814.00 in funding to the Metlakatla Indian Community to enhance community resilience to natural disasters and climate change impacts. The grant, awarded on July 23, 2024, will support a range of hazard mitigation activities over a 3-year period, with a final completion date of July 22, 2027. Key...