Does Project 2025 call for cutting FEMA? [Video]

More than 100 people across six states have died since Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26. The hurricane’s path spanned over 500 miles from Florida through Appalachia and into the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia.

In the hurricane’s aftermath, people online are claiming that FEMA would be eliminated if Project 2025, an initiative launched by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation to reshape the federal government under a conservative administration, is enacted.

VERIFY readers Tim and Ann texted us to ask if Project 2025 proposes eliminating FEMA.

THE QUESTION

Does Project 2025 recommend eliminating FEMA?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

No, Project 2025 doesn’t recommend eliminating FEMA, but it does recommend making major changes to the agency. 

WHAT WE FOUND

The Heritage Foundation’s “Mandate for Leadership: The …