(Washington, D.C.)--Iowa has been awarded twelve-and-a-half-million dollars from FEMA for building repairs and infrastructure improvements. The funding is part of almost $23-million dollars to help with disaster recovery in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.
In northwest Iowa, Grand Avenue Community Outreach was awarded $6.8 million for permanent repairs to its building in downtown Spencer. And Rock Valley will receive more than $4.3 million for permanent repairs to its waste water treatment, collection and distribution systems.
FEMA also awarded more than $490,000 to Iowa through its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, along with nearly $1 million through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program.
