Building Safer Communities in Florida: Meet SBP Resilience Fellow Kurt Williams
June 2, 2025Floodwaters can rise quickly when heavy rain falls in Charlotte County, Florida, closing streets, damaging homes, and stranding residents. When hurricanes hit, the surge can be devastating, overwhelming neighborhoods and leaving emergency responders scrambling to assess where help is needed most. But what if the county had real-time data showing exactly where floodwaters were rising, …
Joint Letter to U.S. House Leadership Urging Passage of the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
November 14, 2024Editor’s Note: Today, SBP and a coalition of U.S. nonprofit organizations urged the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives to quickly pass the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act, which would create one centralized, universal FEMA disaster relief application. Hurricanes Helene and Milton have underscored the urgent need to help disaster survivors recover faster. The Disaster Assistance Simplification Act was passed by …