MID-HUDSON – FEMA has announced funding to support county planning and operational readiness for disaster response in the Mid-Hudson and across the state.
The funding may be used to support management and administration activities, planning, staffing for emergency management agencies, equipment, training and exercises, construction and renovation of emergency operations centers, and maintenance and sustainment of GIS and interoperable communications systems.
The grants to Hudson Valley counties are:
| COUNTY | AWARD AMOUNT |
| Columbia | $28,792 |
| Delaware | $23,092 |
| Dutchess | $117,175 |
| Greene | $23,560 |
| Orange | $145,578 |
| Putnam | $42,598 |
| Rockland | $122,529 |
| Sullivan | $34,241 |
| Ulster | $73,814 |
| Westchester | $362,887 |
To receive funding, counties must develop projects or initiatives that strengthen their own readiness and response capabilities to address all potential hazards. Projects may focus on addressing efforts identified by FEMA as needing national improvement, including logistics and catastrophic disaster housing and resilient communications.
