President Trump’s plan to “wean off” FEMA doesn’t resonate with some N.J. residents still recovering from hurricanes / CBS NY / June 18, 2025 By Christine Sloan President Trump said recently he wants to move toward getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, better known as FEMA, and get states to take on responsibilities. Read More »
STORM RECOVERY
We told the FEMA Review Council: Disaster survivors need more – across the board
We’re disaster survivors, so if anyone knows FEMA, it’s us: what works, what doesn’t work, and what we want to see more of. In May 2025, the new federal FEMA Review Council opened up a public input period to hear our feedback on how we want to see FEMA improve. We made it clear to Read More »
Who Pays to Rebuild California When Insurance Falls Short? Everyone Else
Who Pays to Rebuild California When Insurance Falls Short? Everyone Else / Wall Street Journal / January 11, 2025 By Heather Gillers A shrinking California insurance market will leave Los Angeles-area residents more dependent on a patchwork of federal programs, charitable aid and their own savings to rebuild lives devastated by the most-expensive fire in Read More »
Army Corps of Engineers revises plan for bayside flood protection
Army Corps of Engineers revises plan for bayside flood protection / NJ Spotlight / December 30, 2024 By Ted Goldberg The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a revised plan to protect communities from bayside flooding. The revamped plan, which would involve spending nearly $8 billion on flood mitigation measures like house elevation and Read More »
NJ’s climate future: Storm flooding roundtable
NJ’s climate future: Storm flooding / NJ Spotlight / February 9, 2024 The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly disruptive throughout the world. Threats such as storm flooding, increasing land and marine heat, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, drought and wildfires are being experienced with greater frequency and intensity — affecting populations, property and Read More »
‘A $1 billion problem’: Why floods keep ravaging some New Jersey towns
‘A $1 billion problem’: Why floods keep ravaging some New Jersey towns / January 29, 2024 / Gothamist By Mike Hayes When a powerful rainstorm hit the region in mid-December, Janette Martinez of Little Falls, N.J. became trapped in her home. First-responders rescued Martinez’s family as flood waters moved in on their house, a few Read More »
Wrapping up a successful spring season with Ida Community Meetings
Over the last few months, we hosted a series of community meetings for Hurricane Ida survivors across hard-hit areas, including Manville, Somerville, Bergen County, Milford, and virtually – along with some amazing partner organizations who hosted meetings across Newark, Elizabeth, and Hudson County. Armed with information about the state’s newly-released grant programs, alongside our own Read More »
Still recovering from Ida? Join us at a Community Meeting near you. / ¿Todavía se está recuperando de Ida? Asista a una reunión comunitaria en su área.
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BUT NEXT TIME: STORM SURVIVORS DEMAND OVERHAUL OF DISASTER RECOVERY SYSTEM
But Next Time is a report written by a group of leaders who have navigated multiple disasters for decades and are building tools and networks to strengthen our response to major storms and climate events. Our goal is to address both the immediate humanitarian needs on the ground and advance long term structural change and Read More »
Good News and Bad News for Ida Recovery
Ida survivors identified key next steps coming out of our Community Meetings – and one key next step was getting grant funds moving to help families. As part of that, the New Jersey Organizing Project1 organized meetings with both Congressman Malinowski and Congressman Gottheimer and Ida survivors to discuss the impacts of Ida, mitigation issues, Read More »