Sentences with phrase «federal emergency grants»

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The emergency declaration would also free up public health emergency funds at the Department of Health and Human Services, and grant individual states more flexibility in how they use federal dollars, and allow them to direct more funds toward addiction treatment and prevention.

Governor Greg Abbott today requested the addition of 14 Texas counties to the Presidential Disaster Declaration previously granted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Developers of the Four Seasons Sunrooms store were granted approval on the condition that a flood plain on part of the 1 - acre parcel be redefined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency so that construction would be allowed, said Village Trustee Thomas Dubelbeis.

The more than $ 2 million in funding is through a Federal Emergency Management Agency Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant program.

Recognizing that there is also a need for additional funding for fire companies to carry out their mission, I want to remind local fire departments and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants are available.

Grant amounts will be based on Federal Emergency Management Agency assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once a community's plan is approved by the state.

FEMA Grants: The Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint would cut grant assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (herein referred to as «FEMA») by twenty - five percent (25 %) nationwide.

Cuomo's man visits Stony Point, promises up to $ 300,000 per home, but says those who already agreed to SBA loans are stuck with that aid Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D - Westchester / Rockland) this week announced that local governments in Westchester and Rockland Counties have so far received $ 35,338,879 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance grants to -LSB-...]

In addition to meeting with FASNY, I am sponsoring a resolution for the Erie County Legislature's April 6 session urging the federal government, through FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, to again fund HELP.

In a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), Legislator Hardwick requests that the City's Police Department be awarded funding through the Port Security Grant Program to be used to purchase new equipment.

The disturbing reality is that neither the S.B.A. nor the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has the authority to administer grants to businesses.

Early Monday morning, the Stein campaign announced that a federal judge in Michigan granted the campaign's emergency request to immediately start the statewide recount.

The training is an opportunity for emergency first responders to understand the unique aspects of airport accident scenes and offers a chance for the first responders to become familiar with the Airport's new rescue vehicle acquired earlier this year through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and New York State grant funding.

It is budget season in the city of Syracuse and as departments search for ways to tighten their belts, the Syracuse Fire Department has applied for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offset the cost of 12 new firefighters for a two - year period.

Puerto Rican evacuees from Hurricane Maria's wrath last fall have been granted another six weeks of federal assistance to live in emergency motel shelters in Florida, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Thursday.

that President Obama has granted his request for a federal emergency declaration.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D - Westchester / Rockland) today announced a $ 178,063 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for East Ramapo Central School District.

The state awarded the hospital another $ 12 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money for the effort.

In May, the hospital was awarded $ 12 million by the state under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for part of the plan.

Clinton County Department of Social Services has taken donations of carbon monoxide detectors and the Clinton County County Office of Emergency Services has provided smoke detectors compliments of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs and a federal smoke detector replacement grant program for installation in order to meet building code requirements, Day said.

A federal judge in Wisconsin today granted an emergency motion filed by Feldman's attorney for additional time to establish that her client's Fifth Amendment right to self - incrimination would be violated.

All the engineering evaluations of the World Trade Center collapse I have read, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency report, take the extreme height of the World Trade Center towers for granted.

Outside of NIH, the budget proposes a Federal Emergency Response Fund for outbreak response without specifying funding size or mechanisms; and would «reform» the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by establishing a $ 500 million block grant program for state public health challenges.

The first proposal would reinstitute provisions of the Emergency School Aid Act (esaa), which the Reagan Administration last year combined with other federal education programs into block grants to the states.

Another option is for SEOG and the other campus - based aid programs (federal work study and Perkins loans) to be recast as an emergency aid program that colleges could use to help students with unexpected expenses such as an extra trip home to visit a sick relative, or for «completion grants» to students facing relatively small financial barriers to finish their degrees.

The Emergency School Aid Act, a $ 149 million federal desegregation program that provided funding to Montclair, was wiped out along with 25 other federal programs when Congress passed a package of education block grants in the summer of 1981.

(Sec. 7007) The bill expands eligibility for emergency and modernization grants to an LEA that meets specified existing requirements if at least 10 % of the LEA's acreage is exempt from state and local taxation under federal law.

Federal support for magnet schools began in 1972 with the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), which authorized grants for school districts that were desegregating schools.

Among several resources, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has provided guidance on emergency procurement under Texas Education Code (TEC) Chapter 44 Subchapter B, non-competitive procurement during an emergency, and the impact on federal grant funds.

The funds are the first to be allocated as part of the disaster relief package enacted on January 29, 2013, for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, which allows FTA to make grants for eligible public transportation capital and operating costs in the event of a federally declared disaster.

He cosponsored the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act reflecting his support for federal refinancing, and he voted in favor of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act that increased Pell Grant funding.

The Senate substituted a more comprehensive version for HR 3858, which would grant FEMA the authority to assist in developing disaster plans and make financial contributions to state and local authorities to procure or construct emergency animal shelters, and allow the federal government to provide direct assistance during a disaster to help people with companion animals and service animals, as well as the animals themselves, following a major disaster.

Working with federal agencies, state veterinary medical associations, local colleges of veterinary medicine, AVMA members, industry partners, shelters and the public, the AVMA has created a comprehensive resource on its website which includes emergency hotlines, links to grant applications, and the latest information on available shelters.

The St. Louis Animal Emergency Clinic does not receive any funds or grants from any town, county, state or federal agency.

Managed a federal grant averaging approximately $ 120,000 per year for a program to assist senior citizens with their emergency heating and cooling costs.