The U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that two federal grants totaling more than $5 million will be awarded to the CNMI, in response to the Super Typhoon Yutu disaster.<\/p>\n
The first award provides $3.6 million in federal funding to Tinian for building repairs. The total grant amount is $3,995,327.65, with the FEMA share of $3,595,794.89 at the 90% federal cost share. This funding is being provided under authority of Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act. <\/p>\n
The second award provides $1.46 million in federal funding for the CNMI Department of Public Safety for emergency protective measures as a result of Super Typhoon Yutu. This funding is authorized under Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.<\/p>\n
These grants are funded through FEMA\u2019s Public Assistance program, which provides grant reimbursement to communities for expenses incurred in the immediate response and the recovery from a disaster. Eligible applicants include states, federally-recognized tribal governments, U.S. territories, local governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations. The grant applications in the CNMI were submitted by the Commonwealth, which coordinates the process with local governments.<\/p>\n
FEMA obligates funding for these projects directly to the Commonwealth and it is the Commonwealth\u2019s responsibility to ensure the eligible sub-recipients receive this award. Following its review process and upon receipt of appropriate documentation, the Commonwealth will provide funds to the sub-recipient on a reimbursable basis. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that two federal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,35,493,23107],"class_list":["post-308099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-dps","tag-fema","tag-super-typhoon-yutu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}