Keyword: federal funding

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Awards SBP Vital Funding to Strengthen Community Disaster Recovery

January 24, 2025

SBP is proud to be one of the 34 organizations recently awarded funding under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $73 million Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program. This funding will significantly advance SBP’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of state and local officials to help their communities to recover …

Joint Letter to U.S. House Leadership Urging Passage of the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

November 14, 2024

Editor’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 …