Overview
- U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns issued an order enforcing his December ruling that FEMA unlawfully halted the BRIC disaster‑mitigation program.
- FEMA now has two weeks to resolve problems with frozen BRIC grants.
- The agency has three weeks to publish a fiscal year 2024 funding opportunity for BRIC.
- The court granted a multistate enforcement motion requiring FEMA to make funds available, communicate the status of current projects, and document steps taken to comply.
- No BRIC funds have been disbursed since FEMA moved to cancel the program last April, even as the administration says it is reviewing BRIC and no longer intends to terminate it, with the judge noting staffing and leadership changes do not excuse noncompliance.