{"id":324919,"date":"2022-10-13T19:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=324919"},"modified":"2022-10-13T19:07:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:07:49","slug":"more-flood-grants-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/10\/13\/more-flood-grants-released\/","title":{"rendered":"More Flood Grants Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_321347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321347\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/murraywatt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321347\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/murraywatt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister for Emergency Management Senator Murray Watt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 13, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More grants have been released to help Queensland communities affected by the devastating weather events last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The $19.5 million Flexible Funding Grants, which aim to drive recovery and resilience projects, are being provided by the State and Federal governments through Category C of the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The grants are available to communities affected by the following weather events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding (Nov-Dec 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth (Dec 2021-Jan 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South-East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding (Feb-April 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern Queensland Flooding (May 2022) events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Federal Minister for Emergency Management Senator Murray Watt, said the grants would help prepare 39 Local Government Areas for severe weather events in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncils, industry and community groups, peak bodies, Queensland-based NGOs and research bodies will be able to apply,&#8221; Senator Watt said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Councils can use this funding for a range of projects to bring initiatives that better prepare communities and maintain support networks, building resilience to future disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applicants can apply for multiple grants, with small grant applications available from $2500 up to $50,000 and large grant applications available from $50,001 up to $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients will have 12 months to deliver their projects and will be required to provide regular progress reports on achievements and expenditure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The DRFA Category C Flexible Funding Grants will be released in two rounds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Round 1:<\/strong> Totalling $6 million &#8211; applications are now open and close on Friday, October 21, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Round 2:<\/strong> Totalling $13.5 million &#8211; applications to open in 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qra.qld.gov.au\/funding-programs\/event-specific-exceptional-circumstances-assistance\/2021-22-rainfall-and-flooding-exceptional-circumstances-package\/flexible-funding-grants-20-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More grants have been released to help Queensland communities affected by the devastating weather events last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":321348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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