Distribution mechanism: Most of the aid is expected to be administered through USDA’s Emergency Relief Program (ERP), which has been used for similar disaster relief in previous years.

While some federal aid has been disbursed, much of the allocated disaster relief has yet to reach affected farmers. EDNEYVILLE - Even as many Western North Carolina industries make progress toward ...

By the time FEMA was created in 1978, the federal government had assumed a much more substantial role in disaster relief than it had in earlier decades. The trends that brought about the expanded ...

A bill to provide disaster relief to hundreds of thousands of farm workers was introduced by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla. If signed into law, the Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act will provide ...

Team Rubicon is a veteran-led humanitarian disaster relief support organization that helps before, during, and after disasters. On Wednesday, it was in and around Pittsburgh doing just that ...

Helene was the most economically damaging natural disaster to ever hit North Carolina, in addition to the deadliest, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday as he pressed lawmakers to approve a new, $3.9 ...

GUEST SPOKE WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ABOUT THE DISASTER RELIEF REQUESTED FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. ON MARCH 15TH, WE HAD A SERIES OF TORNADOES TO HIT OUR STATE, DAMAGING MANY ...

our relief programs have proven vital for Iowa families and communities to regain their footing and restart their lives," Reynolds said. "Today, I sign this legislation to streamline our disaster ...