One mechanism for enhancing communities' resilience to future flood disasters is through participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Community Rating System (CRS). The CRS is a federal voluntary program that incentivizes communities in the United States to implement floodplain ...
4. Hazard Mitigation: FEMA considers how mitigation measures may have reduced the damages. To encourage community resilience efforts, FEMA may authorize PA even when estimated damages do not meet the per capita thresholds if mitigation may have reduced the cumulative losses. 5. Recent Multiple Di...
the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that has primary responsibility for increasing access to community-based services to prevent and treat mental disorders and substance use disorders.
VHA operates the largest direct health care delivery system in the nation.(4)In FY2004, VHA operated 157 hospitals, 134 nursing homes, 42 residential rehabilitation treatment centers, and 862 ambulatory care and community-based outpatient clinics. VHA also pays for care provided to veterans by ind...