<h2>As hurricane season looms, Biden doubles funding to prepare for extreme weather</h2>
<p>On Monday, May 24, the Biden Administration announced that they&#8217;ll be seeking to increase the amount of pre-disaster mitigation funding available to communities nationwide via FEMA&#8217;s <a href="https://hagertyconsulting.com/about-us/blog/debricing-our-takeaways-from-femas-building-resilient-infrastructure-and-communities-bric-programs-inaugural-application-cycle/">Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities</a> (BRIC) program.</p>
<p>BRIC is a competitive, pre-disaster mitigation grant program designed to strengthen our nation&#8217;s infrastructure, and make our communities more resilient against the impacts of disasters, through high impact, large scale, public-private, and sustainable projects.</p>
<p>Today, Hagerty&#8217;s Executive Chairman and former FEMA Administrator, <a href="https://hagertyconsulting.com/employee/brock_long/">Brock Long</a>, who strongly advocated for greater investments in pre-disaster mitigation during his tenure, discussed the Administration&#8217;s announcement with The Washington Post.</p>
<p>You can read the full story <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/05/24/biden-hurricanes-fema/">here</a>.</p>
