The Federal Emergency Management Agency is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and canceling all BRIC applications from fiscal years 2020-23, according to FEMA. If grant funds have not been distributed to states, tribes, territories and local communities, funds will be immediately returned to the Disaster Relief Fund or the U.S. Treasury.
The BRIC program was designed to provide grants for local projects aimed at identifying mitigation actions and reducing damage from disasters such as flooding, tornadoes and other weather-related events.
About $882 million of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be returned to the U.S. Treasury or reapportioned by Congress during the next fiscal year. The 2021 law made $1 billion available for BRIC over five years; $133 million to date has been provided for about 450 applications. FEMA estimates more than $3.6 billion will remain in the Disaster Relief Fund to assist with disaster response and recovery for communities and survivors.
