Iowa 3rd District Representative Cindy Axne has announced a new $1,190,804.44 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help cover Mills County’s debris removal costs in the aftermath of last year’s devastating floods.

The grant for debris removal is authorized through last year’s federal disaster declaration, and is funded through the $3 billion for Midwest flooding that Rep. Axne fought to secure in last year’s federal disaster bill. Rep. Axne has been tracking funding provided to Iowa to aid these recovery efforts through her Iowa Flood Funding Tracker. With this new grant, the Tracker now accounts for $83 million spent by FEMA and $579 million spent overall since the disaster declaration last March.

Axne said “Even as Iowa is beginning to implement recovery efforts from last week’s derecho, this new grant reminds us how many overlapping disasters our state has faced in recent years. I’m pleased to see this sizeable grant for Mills County to cover costs of removing debris from last year’s flooding,” said Rep. Axne. “Grant funding like this from FEMA proves just how long it can take for federal funding to come in to help cover the costs of local recovery efforts – which is why I’ve continued to push for support and track these projects with my Iowa Flood Funding Tracker.”