FEMA Reopens $1 Billion BRIC Grants After Court Order and Adds New Limits on Planning Aid
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FEMA formally reopened applications for $1 billion in BRIC grants on March 26, 2026, covering fiscal years 2024 and 2025 after U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns ordered the agency to restore the program following its April 2025 cancellation by acting chief Cameron Hamilton, which had frozen roughly $3.6 billion in resilience funding. The agency also imposed new limits that end BRIC support for hazard‑mitigation planning and non‑financial technical assistance — a change FEMA says shifts more responsibility to state and local governments — and comes amid a broader pattern in which the Trump administration has not approved state or tribal hazard‑mitigation add‑ons for about a year.