The anticipated layoffs would affect FEMA's Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) who support disaster recovery and emergency preparedness.

Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.

The dismissals are elevating fears among FEMA staff that more job cuts are on the way. A FEMA planning document detailed potential cuts of more than 11,500 people from a workforce of about 23,000.

FEMA CORE employees make up approximately 40% of FEMA’s workforce and are deployed, as needed, to disaster areas to assist with response and recovery. In 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that in recent years, the gap between planning staffing targets and actual levels grew to almost 35% deficits across various positions.

North Carolina’s emergency management chief says the state has “significant concerns” with planned changes to Public Assistance program.

Any FEMA terminations are likely to come in waves, according to three people familiar with the plans.

Documents outline potential reductions to CORE and surge staffing, raising concerns about disaster response capacity

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