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The Biden administration on Monday announced an additional $2.5 billion in climate resilience funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds include $1.8 billion through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) competitive grant program and another $642 million through the Flood Mitigation Assistance program. The Department of Homeland Security earlier in May announced $160 million in funds for the two programs.

The U.S. capped off 2022 with another month of strong job growth and wage gains, according to federal data released Friday, a sign that the U.S. economy and inflation could be harder to tame than expected. The economy added 223,000 jobs in December and brought the unemployment rate down to 3.5 percent, back down to its pre-pandemic level in February 2020, the Labor Department reported Friday. Wage growth also stayed brisk as earnings rose 0.3 percent in November and 4.6 percent over the past 12 months.

FORT DRUM, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2009 – With five of the 10th Mountain Division’s six brigade-size elements deployed, returning from deployments or en route to new deployments, their new commander said he’s focused on ensuring their wellness and resiliency and that of their families. Army Maj. Gen. James L. Terry, the new 10th Mountain Division commander, said one of his main focuses is on the wellness and resiliency of soldiers and their families. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tiffany Evans   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Army Maj. Gen. James L. Terry called looking out for their well-being one...

CORONADO, Calif., Oct. 17, 2008 – When the military looks for innovation, it typically turns to its special operators – those elite forces on the cutting edge of new equipment, tactics and techniques. So if a new program here proves as successful as expected in helping Navy SEALs and their families cope with multiple deployments, officials hope to expand it, not just throughout the special operations community, but military-wide. Several hundred SEALs and their support forces just back from deployments, as well as their family members, will take off next weekend for four days at a popular resort. The retreat...

Tucson LINKS encourages students to get involved in after-school activities. Here, Eli Medvescek, 10, and teacher Laurie Burrell work on a project in Lulu Walker Elementary School's science club. The school found such programs cut problem behaviors. They can be saved, these children who come from homes of addiction and chaos. Schools are helping children to rise above the disarray in their lives, with some of the most basic tasks of parenting falling to teachers. "Kids used to come with life skills, with empathy, with understanding. We have many more kids arriving at the school doors who have not learned...