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Billion Dollar Disasters Are On the Rise

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2024). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/, DOI: 10.25921/stkw-7w73

Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Households Are Less Prepared for Disasters

Note: “Socioeconomically disadvantaged households” are those with incomes less than the federal poverty line. Source: Individual and Community Preparedness Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (2024). 2023 National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness. Available at: https://bit.ly/…

Housing Assistance Raised 2.8 Million People from Poverty in 2023

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Poverty in the United States: 2023. https://bit.ly/4e7S5KP Note: Refundable tax credits include the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; SSI = Supplemental Security…