The Trump administration says it has restored a major grant program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, weeks after a federal judge said the government was flouting court orders.
FEMA announced Wednesday that it’s making $1 billion in federal funding available to states, territories, Tribal Nations, and local governments through its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The Trump administration retracted grants through the disaster resilience program last year, calling the program “wasteful.” The BRIC program was established during President Donald Trump’s first term.
The restoration of the program marks one of the first major changes since former Sen. Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security earlier this week.