FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 6, 2026
Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov
919-538-2809
RALEIGH – Today, a judge granted Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s motion to force FEMA to reinstate its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) disaster mitigation program.
“FEMA tried to cancel $200 million for North Carolina,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “We took them to court, we won, and then they defied the court order and refused to pay. So we just took them back to court – and won again. FEMA has 14 days to show the court they are complying. The clock is ticking, and we are ready to do this again if necessary.”
Attorney General Jackson initially won the case in December when the court ruled that FEMA broke the law by canceling the BRIC program, which had $200 million in pending disaster prevention projects across North Carolina. FEMA ignored that order, so Attorney General Jackson went back to court to ask the judge to force FEMA to comply. In today’s order, the judge granted everything the states asked for, including requiring FEMA to open up new grant applications within 21 days and provide a timeline for existing project funding.
A copy of the judge’s order is available here.
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