The Trump administration’s disaster policy refocuses FEMA on core statutory duties, eases flood‑resilience rules, and freezes major mitigation grants while pushing more responsibility to states. Implementation uses executive guidance, internal…
The Trump administration’s reshaping of FEMA relies on memos, executive orders and personnel shifts to move responsibilities toward states, pause major mitigation programs and remove climate and DEI language from…
The Trump administration is shifting disaster policy toward state leadership while tightening scrutiny of nonprofit funding. FEMA froze nearly $10 billion for NGOs pending compliance reviews, paused major mitigation grants,…
The administration is moving FEMA toward a support role for states, tightening oversight of grants, and pausing or canceling mitigation programs while it reorients disaster policy. Nonprofit rebuilding funds and…
The administration moved to align FEMA spending with immigration enforcement, ordering a review of 56 programs and freezing nearly $10 billion for nonprofits while two major lines—nonprofit rebuilding and short‑term…
The administration’s immigration order triggered a FEMA-wide review of 56 programs, clearing most state aid but freezing $8.5 billion for nonprofit rebuilding and $1.3 billion for short‑term housing while DHS…
The Trump Administration’s overhaul of federal disaster management, particularly FEMA, embodies a big government solution marked by budget cuts, workforce reductions, and a reallocation of responsibilities toward states. Freezing nearly…
Federal disaster policy has shifted toward state leadership and leaner federal involvement, resulting in increased bureaucracy and costs at the local level, longer aid wait times, and inconsistent relief processes.…
Federal disaster policy now shifts responsibility to states, leading to fewer federal resources, more local bureaucracy, and unpredictable relief. The Trump administration frames these changes as necessary to limit big…
