Research Puerto Rico & USVI Previous Funding for Non-Disaster and Relief Funding. DHS\FEMA Grant Funding. Summary and Key Findings 2016.

How much preparedness funding has YOUR LOCAL community received?

GET INVOLVED!  Research your local EM office, development planning, water & waster management and other critical areas in your community to determine what funding has been received, and what improvements have resulted.  

Always keep in mind that disasters are LOCAL not national in nature.  Preparedness starts in your home, and your community.

CDS CEO BEMA International

NOTE:  

     I tend to follow the money that was previously allocated for relief and recovery to determine current status

     to determine if preparedness and planning was truly taking place.

    Except from report: 

  

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Report Type of Number, Grant,                                                                                     Amount Amount Potential Date Disaster Awarded Audited Monetary Issued Number Title ($M) ($M) Benefit 13 OIG-16-43-D 2/2/2016 PA 4017 The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Effectively Managed FEMA Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded for Hurricane Irene in August 2011 $8.0 $7.3 $0 14 OIG-16-52-D 2/21/2016 PA 4152 FEMA Should Recover $312,117 of $1.6 Million Grant Funds Awarded to the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico $1.6 $0.9 $312,117 15 OIG-16-60-D 4/6/2016 PA 4017 FEMA Should Recover $267,960 of $4.46 Million in Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded to the Municipality of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, for Hurricane Irene Damages $4.5 $3.5 $267,960

  

Summary and Key Findings of Fiscal Year 2016 FEMA Disaster Grant and Program Audits The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not manage disaster relief grants and funds adequately and does not hold grant recipients accountable for properly managing disaster relief funds. We continue to identify persistent problems such as improper contract costs, and ineligible and unsupported expenditures as examples of this continued failure. In fiscal year 2016, we found $155.6 million, or 23 percent, in questioned costs out of the $686 million that we audited, which we recommended FEMA disallow as ineligible and unsupported costs. As part of our open recommendation follow-up responsibilities, we determined that as of April 8, 2017, FEMA allowed $85.7 million of the $155.6 million in costs that we questioned. Further, FEMA continues to not hold grant recipients accountable for failing to provide adequate monitoring or technical assistance to subgrantees. In FY 2016, 29 of our grant audit reports contained recommendations addressing the lack of adequate oversight on the part of grant recipients. Read Report OIG-18-06 Office of Public Affairs E: dhs-oig.officepublicaffairs@oig.dhs.gov                         OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL l DHS WWW.OIG.DHS.GOV  l TWITTER: @DHSOIG OIG News Press Releases    Congressional Testimony SAR & Other Publications Semiannual Report (SAR)    Annual Performance Plan (APP)    Strategic Plan