Vermontโ to Receive Overโข $650,000 in FEMA Disaster Recovery Funds
WASHINGTON – Vermont will receive $652,800 in disaster โขrecoveryโ funding as part of a larger $35 million releaseโ announced by the Department of homeland Security (DHS). The funds, administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are earmarkedโฃ for repairs to a building owned byโ the Vermont department โขof Labor.
Thisโฃ projectโค is one of 130 โrecovery initiatives supported by the funding release. DHSโข Assistant Secretary โฃTricia McLaughlin stated the disbursement demonstrates improvements in FEMA’s responsiveness,noting,”For decades,FEMA was mired in red โtape and bureaucracy,slowing its response to โฃnatural โdisastersโฆthis new funding proves that Secretaryโฃ Noem’s efforts toโค remakeโค the agency into a fast,responsive disaster reliefโ enterprise are working.”
The funding comes after a review of FEMA โคinitiated by an executive order from the trump administration,following previous discussions about potential meaningful changes to the agency.
Vermont has recently relied on โฃFEMAโ assistance to recover โขfrom severe flooding events.Both in 2023 and 2024, โฃthe state received reimbursements to towns for โฃflood damage.In July 2024, โคGovernor Phil Scott requested a major disaster โฃdeclaration for localized flooding in the Northeast Kingdom โฃfollowing events on July 10th, reporting over $1.8 million in โขdamages. Approval of this request from the Trump administration is still pending.