Trump Administration Delivers $4 Million Through FEMA To Help Communities Recover From Recent Disasters and Strengthen Resilience In North Dakota

DENVER - FEMA has announced the approval of more than $4 million in funding under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and post-disaster funding for Public Assistance projects in North Dakota. The funding empowers states, local communities, tribes and territories to recover from disasters and rebuild more resilient, safer communities and to protect infrastructure from future events. With this funding, President Donald J. Trump is keeping his promise to reform federal disaster support and ensure that taxpayer money is spent only on projects that deliver safety and security to the American people.

FEMA approved more than $2 million through the BRIC program to empower states, local governments, territories and Tribal Nations to take decisive, proactive steps to protect their communities from potential disasters like fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. This federal investment generates jobs, protects private property, strengthens infrastructure, reduces the cost of future disasters and-most importantly-save lives. The program maximizes state and local responsibility for resilience and risk reduction. This funding prioritizes infrastructure resilience by funding construction projects that are ready to implement and incentivizes the adoption of the latest hazard-resistant building codes.

• More than $1.9 million to the city of Fessenden, North Dakota Wastewater Lagoon System to fund the second phase of a wastewater system retrofit and upgrade to mitigate impacts from severe weather and bring the lagoons up to current standards.
• More than $224,500 to Beulah, North Dakota for project scoping activity as part of a flood study.

FEMA coordinates directly with the state on all hazard mitigation projects. This aligns with FEMA's principles of ensuring that disaster recovery and mitigation is state-led and federally supported.

FEMA also approved more than $1.9 million under FEMA's Public Assistance program awarded to Minnkota Power Cooperative.

FEMA disburses this money to states and local communities because they are best positioned to know how these funds will be most effectively spent. Public Assistance projects often include repairs to critical infrastructure, restoration of public buildings, road repairs and reimbursement for costs incurred to ensure public health and safety after a disaster.

The two projects reimbursed through this Public Assistance funding are:

• More than $1.8 million to Minnkota Power Cooperative for permanent repairs to a distribution and transmission electrical grid in Morton County, North Dakota that was severely damaged in a severe storm with tornadoes in June 2025.
• More than $129,800 to Minnkota Power Cooperative for repair and replacement of utility poles damaged in a severe storm with tornadoes in August 2025.

These projects are the latest examples of billions of dollars in disaster recovery provided by FEMA to support state and local communities as they work to rebuild from recent natural disasters.

FEMA continues its renewed commitment to help communities recover from disasters like hurricanes, severe storms, tornadoes and wildfires while making them more resilient to future disasters.