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No Deeds Means No Dollars for Owners of Hurricane-Damaged Puerto Rico Homes

By Marian Conway | May 14, 2018

The large amount of informal housing in Puerto Rico has resulted in almost as many FEMA claims being denied as are approved.

USVI Nonprofits Finally Forced to Demand their Allocated Disaster Dollars

By Jeannie Fox | March 26, 2018

In the US Virgin Islands, nonprofits’ participation in disaster relief was immediately critical. But, reimbursing them did not seem so urgent to those dispensing disaster dollars.

Congress’s Budget Deal Affirms Church Access to FEMA Funds

By Lauren Karch | February 14, 2018

Previously, FEMA public assistance grants, available to nonprofit community centers such as YMCAs or senior centers, had not been open to houses of worship. Now, churches, like other nonprofits, may apply for funding.

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When 30 Million Aid Meals Turns Out to Be 50,000

By Mi Lovejoy | February 8, 2018

Puerto Ricans and lawmakers question FEMA’s subcontracting snafu that left millions of emergency meals undelivered after Hurricane Maria.

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The Shutdown’s Potential Fallout for Nonprofits and Communities: A Heads-Up

By Carole Levine | January 22, 2018

Government shutdowns are often passed off as non-events with little impact unless you are a government employee, but that’s not exactly the case.

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FEMA Expands Direct Access to Disaster Funds for Churches

By Lauren Karch | January 5, 2018

In a controversial move likely to be challenged by the ACLU among others, FEMA will no longer be able to exclude houses of worship from disaster funding.

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Counting on FEMA Funding? Buyer Beware

By Martin Levine | October 19, 2017

Helping your community recover from disaster and promised money by FEMA? Be sure to document carefully. Over the past decade, FEMA denied appeals for at least $1.2 billion sought by local governments and nonprofits to protect or rebuild communities hit by natural disasters.