That’s why I will continue to fight for the reinstatement of these funds for Crisfield, for Maryland, and for every community affected by flooding across this country.
Sarah Elfreth is committed to fighting for the reinstatement of FEMA BRIC funds for Crisfield, Maryland, and communities affected by flooding across the country.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Elfreth’s official House page says the Trump Administration illegally terminated FEMA’s BRIC program for natural-disaster mitigation projects and that she voted no on the listed cuts and would keep using Congress to oppose them.
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AP reported that FEMA opened BRIC applications after a court order, making $1 billion available for disaster-preparedness grants to states, local governments, territories, and tribes.
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AP reported that a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding after the BRIC program was halted in 2025.
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Politico reported that Democratic attorneys general, including Maryland’s, sued to restore the canceled FEMA BRIC program and alleged that communities had halted or reduced mitigation projects without the funding.
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Elfreth’s office said she voted against a DHS continuing resolution and urged House leadership to advance legislation to pay FEMA and other DHS employees.
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Elfreth’s official issue page states she is Vice Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee and is focused on environmental restoration, protection, and climate action.
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The Department of Homeland Security-FEMA BRIC opportunity states the grant program makes federal funds available for hazard mitigation activities, lists $1,000,000,000 in program funding, shows the opportunity was posted March 25, 2026, last updated May 13, 2026, and closed July 23, 2026.
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The Crisfield project page says the Southern Crisfield Flood Mitigation Project was awarded by FEMA in the FY2023 nationally competitive BRIC grant program, BRIC funding was withdrawn nationwide, and following a federal court order the BRIC program is being reinstated nationwide, with previously selected FY2023 projects required to undergo additional review. It also lists partial funding approved and Phase 1 underway.
Assessments
BRIC funding was reinstated nationally during Elfreth's House term, and she publicly opposed the BRIC termination and related FEMA cuts. However, the evidence does not show that Crisfield's full FY2023 BRIC award was actually restored or obligated, and the national reinstatement appears driven mainly by litigation and a court order rather than by Elfreth's direct congressional action. Under the federal office-credit standard, this supports partial credit for same-term advocacy and partial national outcome, not full delivery.
Elfreth showed same-term effort on the promise by publicly opposing FEMA BRIC termination and related FEMA funding cuts, but the concrete reinstatement reflected in the evidence came through litigation and a court order, not primarily through her own legislation or executive action. BRIC appears to have been reopened nationally during her House term, but the record does not confirm restored Crisfield-specific funds or a material causal role by Elfreth. That supports partial credit with an effort badge rather than full delivery.