Project 2025 proposes to substantially reduce the agency’s budget and put more of the financial burden for disaster recovery on state and local governments.
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 …