ATLANTA — FEMA is awarding more than $60 million to Mississippi, funding 40 projects that will accelerate disaster recovery and build resilience in communities.
With this funding, President Donald J. Trump is keeping his promise to reform federal disaster support and ensure that taxpayer money is spent only on projects and programs that deliver safety and security to the American people.
The state will receive nearly $60 million through FEMA’s Public Assistance program, which provides federal reimbursement to communities after a disaster for debris removal, emergency protective measures taken to reduce or eliminate disaster impacts, and to repair or rebuild damaged critical infrastructure. Public Assistance grants announced today include:
• More than $9.6 million to Yazoo County for debris removal operations.
• More than $9.6 million to Tishomingo County for debris removal operations.
• More than $7 million to Prentiss County for debris removal operations.
• More than $3 million to Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association to repair the electrical distribution system.
• More than $2.2 million to the Pontotoc Electric Power Association to repair the electrical distribution system.
• More than $2.2 million to Oxford for debris removal operations.
• More than $2 million to Lee County for debris removal operations.
• More than $1.4 million to New Albany Light, Gas and Water to repair public utilities and for emergency protective measures.
FEMA is also awarding the state nearly $680,000 for projects that will prevent, eliminate or reduce future disaster related damage. This money is being distributed through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Through this program, state, local or territory governments and Tribal Nations take proactive mitigation measures such as acquiring hazard-prone homes and businesses, adopting and enforcing building codes and standards, protecting against floods through elevations and drainage improvement projects, building safe rooms and upgrading utilities and infrastructure.
The projects include:
• More than $415,000 to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for individual safe rooms following Hurricane Zeta in October 2020.
• More than $260,000 to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for individual safe rooms following severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in April 2020.
This funding is part of nearly $896 million that FEMA announced for more than 600 projects nationwide and is the latest example of the billions of dollars in disaster recovery provided by FEMA to support state and local communities as they work to rebuild from recent natural disasters.
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