Update: Baton Rouge flood projects paused after FEMA program cut

Baton Rouge made big cuts to compensate for St. George. River gauges were a casualty.

Funding for the gauges were part of reductions to adjust for the expected loss of revenue from the establishment of the city of St. George. A temporary solution may be in the works.

Update: Baton Rouge flood projects paused after FEMA program cut

WAFB has found that two storm prevention projects scheduled for Baton Rouge are now on pause after FEMA ended a grant program called Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC).

Louisiana officials lament Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA grant programs for storm impacts

Hundreds of millions in expected project grants evaporating

FEMA cuts disaster mitigation program; Louisiana to lose $720M

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has ended a program Louisiana depends on to fund natural disaster mitigation projects. The federal agency announced Friday the end of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, canceling all applications from fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Officials said if funds have not been distributed, then they will be immediately returned to the Disaster Re…

Trump cuts FEMA program that impacts Louisiana

President Donald Trump's administration has ended a FEMA program heavily relied upon by Louisiana that paid to elevate homes, build levees and do other work to lessen damage from storms, calling it wasteful and ineffective," our media partners at The Advocate report. The end of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, called BRIC, effectively spikes 148 applications worth $721,281,559 in Louisiana, according to the Federal …

Trump administration ends climate disaster program that saved billions

As flooding overwhelms communities like Natchitoches, Louisiana, the Trump administration has quietly ended a climate resilience program that saved taxpayers $6 for every $1 spent, withdrawing support from disaster-prone, low-income, and Black communities.Adam Mahoney reports for Capital B News.In short:The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has canceled over $1 billion in BRIC grants, including funds earmarked for Natchitoches, Louisian…