LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Friday that the agency had approved post-disaster funding for four states, including Arkansas.
Officials said a total of $24.2 million had been authorized for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas. The funding is intended to empower states, communities, tribes and territories to build safer, more resilient communities with infrastructure that can withstand future events, they added.
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The majority of the funding, $23.9 million, was from FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.
Officials gave four examples of projects that were funded:
- Nearly $740,000 to the West Memphis School District in Arkansas to fund content repair or replacement after severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in 2025.
- More than $696,000 to the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to lessen threats to public health, safety and property after severe storms, flooding and landslides in 2025.
- More than $555,000 to Creation Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, to fund building repair costs after damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021.
- More than $528,000 to the city of Burnet, Texas, to fund the repair or replacement of athletic fields, driveways and park buildings after severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding in 2025.
An additional $330,000 was awarded for a hazard mitigation project in Kaufman, Texas. This money, administered through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, will be used to scope a project to improve drainage on Love Street, officials said…