Thanks for linking to the reports. I pulled September’s to review and was shocked at the amount of disasters still funded for recovery/operations. Considering my own reaction, I don’t think people realize just how many simultaneous projects are still being managed and how long they’ve taken to use up funds. (Not the fault of FEMA; Louisiana apparently requested an extension to use $1.66B in 2022 as it couldn’t exhaust it by the Aug 2023 deadline.) A lot of the money is already committed or awarded and waiting to be spent. Handling so many projects at the same time explains the sudden drain you see from some months. All of this is categorized down to each region receiving funds per disaster response. Simple enough to track.
Thanks for linking to the reports. I pulled September’s to review and was shocked at the amount of disasters still funded for recovery/operations. Considering my own reaction, I don’t think people realize just how many simultaneous projects are still being managed and how long they’ve taken to use up funds. (Not the fault of FEMA; Louisiana apparently requested an extension to use $1.66B in 2022 as it couldn’t exhaust it by the Aug 2023 deadline.) A lot of the money is already committed or awarded and waiting to be spent. Handling so many projects at the same time explains the sudden drain you see from some months. All of this is categorized down to each region receiving funds per disaster response. Simple enough to track.