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Navajo Nation establishes $20 million emergency response fund
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a resolution creating an emergency response fund with a $20 million supplemental appropriation Thursday, the Navajo Division for Children and Family Services said.
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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a resolution creating an emergency response fund with a $20 million supplemental appropriation Thursday, the Navajo Division for Children and Family Services said.
The signing took place in Rock Point, Arizona, which the division described as one of the communities hardest hit by recent flooding.
The fund is intended to make money available during declared emergencies without waiting for a separate appropriation. Divisions handling emergency work can request funding, subject to approval by the Commission on Emergency Management, according to the release.
What we know / what we don't
What we know
- Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a resolution creating an emergency response fund with a $20 million supplemental appropriation Thursday, the Navajo Division for Children and Family Services said.
What we don't know
- The release did not detail individual allocations or a final flood damage total.
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