Disaster Recovery Programs
Identifying resources to assist communities with post-disaster recovery can be difficult. Being able to identify and access those programs is crucial to successful planning for recovery.
As part of the Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Next Generation initiative, APA assembled a list of resources among federal agencies and some national nonprofits. Please note that each state may also have certain specific programs of its own, in addition to local and regional philanthropic and corporate resources that may be available.
We have organized this list into resources aimed at mitigation, response, and recovery and hyperlinked them to provide easy access to online sources of information for each, and added a brief description to help users determine whether a particular program may be applicable to their situation.
Mitigation
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a land conservation program administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enrolled in the program agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. Contracts for land enrolled in CRP are 10-15 years in length. The long-term goal of the program is to re-establish valuable land cover to help improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce loss of wildlife habitat.
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is an offshoot of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the country's largest private-land conservation program. Administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), CREP targets high-priority conservation issues identified by local, state, or tribal governments or non-governmental organizations. In exchange for removing environmentally sensitive land from production and introducing conservation practices, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural land owners are paid an annual rental rate. Participation is voluntary, and the contract period is typically 10–15 years, along with other federal and state incentives as applicable per each CREP agreement. CREP is a partnership between state and/or tribal governments and the federal government. This partnership is in place to address a high priority environmental problem. Land cannot be enrolled in CREP if your state does not have a CREP agreement.
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Loans and microloans to be used for operating costs.
Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act (RCA)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Appraises the status and trends of soil, water, and related resources on non-Federal land and assesses their capability to meet present and future demands; evaluates current and needed programs, policies, and authorities; and develops a national soil and water conservation program to give direction to USDA soil and water conservation activities.
Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Program
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
A unique program led by local volunteer councils that helps people protect and develop their economic, natural, and social resources in ways that improve their area's economy, environment, and quality of life. Local RC&D councils' members represent sponsoring organizations that include parish governments, soil and water conservation districts, towns, and other nonprofit groups. RC&D generates local support for community improvement activities and locally led boards and councils. The RC&D concept is based on the fact that local people are best able to determine and create solutions for their communities. Success of the RC&D program is directly related to the interest and dedication of the appointed council members.
Soil Survey Programs
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
NRCS provides the soil surveys for the privately owned lands of the nation and, through its National Soil Survey Center, provides scientific expertise to enable the NCSS to develop and maintain a uniform system for mapping and assessing soil resources so that soil information from different locations can be shared, regardless of which agency collects it. NRCS provides most of the training in soil survey to Federal agencies and assists other Federal agencies with their soil inventories on a reimbursable basis. NRCS is also responsible for developing the standards and mechanisms for providing digital soil information for the national spatial data infrastructure required by Executive Order 12906.
Agricultural Management Assistance
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Producers receive conservation technical and financial assistance to construct or improve water management or irrigation structures, plant trees for windbreaks or, in order to improve water quality and mitigate risk, diversify their operation and conservation practices including soil erosion control, integrated pest management or transition to organic farming.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Risk Management Agency (RMA)
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) promotes the economic stability of agriculture through a sound system of crop insurance and providing the means for the research and experience helpful in devising and establishing such insurance. Management is vested in a Board of Directors, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Business and Industrial Guaranteed Loan Program (B&I)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Business Service (RS)
Designed to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities. This purpose is achieved by bolstering the existing private credit structure through the guarantee of quality loans which will provide lasting community benefits. It is not intended that the guarantee authority will be used for marginal or substandard loans or for relief of lenders having such loans. The total amount of Agency loans to one borrower must not exceed $10 million. The Administrator may, at the Administrator discretion, grant an exception to the $10 million limit for loans of $25 million under certain circumstances. The Secretary may approve guaranteed loans in excess of $25 million, up to $40 million, for rural cooperative organizations that process value-added agricultural commodities.
Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant Program
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Housing Service (RHS)
Provides capital financing for the development of housing for domestic farm laborers.
Rural Housing Site Loans
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Housing Service (RHS)
Loans made to provide financing for the purchase and development of housing sites for low- and moderate-income families.
Rural Rental Housing Loans
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Housing Service (RHS)
Rural Rental Housing Loans are direct, competitive mortgage loans made to provide affordable multifamily rental housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income families; the elderly; and persons with disabilities. This is primarily a direct mortgage program, but its funds may also be used to buy and improve land and to provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems.
Water and Waste Disposal Direct Loans and Grants
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
To develop water and waste disposal systems in rural areas and towns with a population not in excess of 10,000. The funds are available to public bodies, nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes.
Economic Development Assistance Programs
Agencies: Department of Commerce (DOC); Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Provides a wide range of technical, planning, and public works and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time. These adverse economic impacts may result from a steep decline in manufacturing employment following a plant closure, changing trade patterns, catastrophic natural disaster, a military base closure, or environmental changes and regulations.
Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program
Agencies: Department of Commerce (DOC); Economic Development Administration (EDA)
EDA assists eligible recipients in creating regional economic development plans designed to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of a community or region. As part of this program, EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients' respective regions.
Regional Innovation Grants
Agencies: Department of Commerce (DOC); Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Funding is available for capacity-building activities that include Proof of Concept Centers and Commercialization Centers as well as scaling of existing commercialization programs and centers; feasibility studies for the creation and expansion of facilities such as science and research parks; and supporting opportunities to close the funding gap for early-stage companies.
AmeriCorps State and National Grants
Agency: Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS)
An independent, federal grant-making government agency whose mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic participation through service and volunteering.
Flood Risk Management Program
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Works across the agency to focus the policies, programs and expertise of USACE toward reducing overall flood risk. This includes the appropriate use and resiliency of structures such as levees and floodwalls, as well as promoting alternatives when other approaches (e.g., land acquisition, flood proofing, etc.) reduce the risk of loss of life, reduce long-term economic damages to the public and private sector, and improve the natural environment.
Dam Safety Program
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Uses a risk-informed approach to manage its portfolio of 694 dams, with public safety the number one priority. This robust risk-informed approach is a best practice adopted to develop balanced and informed assessments of the safety of our dams and to evaluate, prioritize and justify dam safety decisions.
Levee Safety Program
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
This program works to better understand, manage, and reduce the flood risks associated with levees. Some aspects of the program include a national public inventory of levee systems, levee inspection, and communication of risk-related issues and concerns, holding life safety as paramount, and support USACE and local decisions aimed at reducing risk.
Brownfields – Urban Waters Program
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Helping communities prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The DWSRF to makes funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements. The program also emphasizes providing funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to programs that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensuring safe drinking water.
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) programs provided, on average, more than $5 billion annually to fund water quality protection projects for wastewater treatment, nonpoint source pollution control, and watershed and estuary management.
Invasive Species Management
Agency: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Invasive species can be plants, animals and other organisms. They threaten our nation's natural resources; seriously hinder navigation; adversely affect flood risk management, hydropower generation and water supply; and limit recreation use by the public. To manage the threat of invasive species, USACE employs the latest economically efficient technologies and research; and biological, mechanical and chemical control methods.
Interdisciplinary Research in Hazards and Disasters
Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Hazards SEES seeks research projects that will productively cross the boundaries of the atmospheric and geospace, earth, and ocean sciences; computer and information science (including cyberinfrastructure); engineering; mathematics and statistics; and social, economic, and behavioral sciences. Successful proposals will integrate across multiple disciplines to promote research that advances new paradigms that contribute to creating a society resilient to hazards.
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG)
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Provides flexible grants to help cities, counties, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations. In response to Presidentially declared disasters, Congress may appropriate additional funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as Disaster Recovery grants to rebuild the affected areas and provide crucial seed money to start the recovery process.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides grants to states and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster. The HMGP is authorized under Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM)
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides funds for hazard mitigation planning and projects on an annual basis. The PDM program was put in place to reduce overall risk to people and structures, while at the same time, also reducing reliance on federal funding if an actual disaster were to occur.
Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA)
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Program provides funds for projects to reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on an annual basis. There are three types of FMA grants available to applicants:
- Planning Grants to prepare flood mitigation plans
- Project Grants to implement measures to reduce flood losses, such as elevation, acquisition or relocation of NFIP-insured structures
- Management Cost Grants for the grantee to help administer the FMA program and activities
Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
The AFG program provides financial assistance to help fire departments, nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organizations and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA): for critically needed resources to protect the public, to train emergency personnel, and to foster interoperability and support community resilience, as well as enhance through direct financial assistance, the safety of the public and to provide a continuum of support for emergency responders regarding fire, medical, and all hazard events.
Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. The goal of SAFER is to enhance the local fire departments' abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA (NFPA 1710 and/or NFPA 1720).
Fire Prevention & Safety Grants
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Supports projects that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related hazards. The primary goal is to reduce injury and prevent death among high-risk populations. In 2005, Congress reauthorized funding for FP&S and expanded the eligible uses of funds to include Firefighter Safety Research and Development.
Preparedness (Non-Disaster) Grants
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Grants to enhance the capacity of state and local emergency responders to prevent, respond to, and recover from a weapons of mass destruction terrorism incident involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive devices and cyber-attacks.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Enables property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance as a protection against flood losses in exchange for State and community floodplain management regulations that reduce future flood damages.
Community Assistance Program
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
This program provides funding to states to provide technical assistance to communities in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and to evaluate community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities.
The National Coastal Zone Management Program
Agencies: Department of Commerce (DOC) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The program provides the basis for protecting, restoring, and responsibly developing our nation's diverse coastal communities and resources.
The Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
Agencies: Department of Commerce (DOC) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Provides matching funds to state and local governments to purchase threatened coastal and estuarine lands or obtain conservation easements. To be considered, the land must be important ecologically or possess other coastal conservation values, such as historic features, scenic views, or recreational opportunities.
Emergency Haying and Grazing
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
A voluntary program available to agricultural producers to help them safeguard environmentally sensitive land. Producers enrolled in CRP establish long-term, resource-conserving covers to improve the quality of water, control soil erosion, and enhance wildlife habitat. In return, FSA provides participants with rental payments and cost-share assistance. Contract duration is between 10 and 15 years. Haying and grazing of CRP acreage is authorized under certain conditions to improve the quality and performance of the CRP cover or to provide emergency relief to livestock producers due to certain natural disasters. There are two types of haying and grazing authorization: managed and emergency.
Recovery
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) helps farmers and ranchers to repair damage to farmlands caused by natural disasters and to help put in place methods for water conservation during severe drought. The ECP does this by giving ranchers and farmers funding and assistance to repair the damaged farmland or to install methods for water conservation. FSA also has a related program for emergency forest restoration.
Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) helps the owners of non-industrial private forests restore forest health damaged by natural disasters. The EFRP does this by authorizing payments to owners of private forests to restore disaster damaged forests. The local FSA County Committee implements ERFP for all disasters with the exceptions of drought and insect infestations. In the case of drought or an insect infestation, the national FSA office authorizes ERFP implementation.
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFDP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
LFP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire. LFP payments for drought are equal to 60 percent of the monthly feed cost for up to five months. LFP payments for fire on federally managed rangeland are equal to 50 percent of the monthly feed cost for the number of days the producer is prohibited from grazing the managed rangeland, not to exceed 180 calendar days.
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
USDA's Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occur due to a natural disaster. An eligible producer is a landowner, tenant or sharecropper who shares in the risk of producing an eligible crop and is entitled to an ownership share of that crop. As authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act), an individual's or entity's average nonfarm adjusted gross income (AGI) limitation cannot exceed $500,000 to be eligible for NAP.
Farm Ownership Loans
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
FSA's Direct Farm Ownership loans provide farmers and ranchers the opportunity to purchase farmland, construct and repair buildings, and make farm improvements.
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
The Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program was authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) to provide assistance to producers suffering crop losses due to natural disasters.
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Authorized to provide benefits to livestock producers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather, including losses because of hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. The livestock death losses must also have occurred in the calendar year for which benefits are being requested.
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, & Farm-raised Fish (ELAP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Provides Emergency relief to producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish. Covers losses from disaster such as adverse weather or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires not adequately covered by any other disaster program.
Tree Assistance Program for Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers (TAP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes and vines damaged by natural disasters.
Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance at no cost. It provides food and administrative funds to states to supplement the diets of these groups.
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
The program is designed to help people and conserve natural resources by relieving imminent hazards to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms, and other natural occurrences. EWP is an emergency recovery program. All projects undertaken, with the exception of the purchase of floodplain easements, must have a project sponsor. NRCS may bear up to 75 percent of the construction cost of emergency measures. The remaining 25 percent must come from local sources and can be in the form of cash or in-kind services. Funding is subject to Congressional approval.
Rapid Assessment Post-Impact of Disaster
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of this grant is to provide an expedited funding mechanism for research in the aftermath of disasters and mass casualty events.
National Disaster Resilience Competition
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The goal of the competition is to make Community Development Block Grant and Resilient Disaster Recovery (CDBG-NDR) funds available for compelling resilient recovery projects.
Disaster Relief Grants
Agency: Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)
Emergency Grants provide funds for districts impacted by a natural disaster that has affected at least 100 people, including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and tsunamis. Major Catastrophe Grants are awarded when disasters occur on a much larger scale and are used for long-term reconstruction projects.
Disaster Veterinary Animal Care Reimbursement
Agency: American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)
AVMF helps veterinarians provide medical care to the animal victims during and after any disaster. Funds are provided for the reimbursement of veterinary care provided for the medical care of animal victims of a disaster. Up to $5,000 per request is currently available for qualified applicants.
Disaster Veterinary Practice Relief
Agency: American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF)
AVMF helps veterinarians provide medical care to the animal victims during and after any disaster. Funds are provided for the restoration of veterinary infrastructure affected by disaster. Up to $2,000 per request is currently available for qualified applicants.
Emergency and Disaster Grants
Agency: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Grants will also be considered for organizations that have not been directly impacted by a disaster but are helping another organization in need, for example, the intake of animals from an impacted area Such applicants must have received a request from an Agency Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).
Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs)
Agency: U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)
Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, nonprofit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period.
Business Physical Disaster Loans
Agency: U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)
The SBA Business Physical Disaster Loan covers disaster losses not fully covered by insurance. SBA makes physical disaster loans of up to $2 million to qualified businesses or most private nonprofit organizations.
Home and Personal Property Loans
Agency: U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)
Homeowners may apply for up to $200,000 to replace or repair their primary residence. The loans may not be used to upgrade homes or make additions, unless required by local building code. If you make improvements that help prevent the risk of future property damage caused by a similar disaster, you may be eligible for up to a 20 percent loan amount increase above the real estate damage, as verified by the SBA.
Community Disaster Loan Program
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
To provide funds to any eligible jurisdiction in a designated disaster area that has suffered a substantial loss of tax and other revenue. The jurisdiction must demonstrate a need for financial assistance to perform its governmental functions.
Crisis Counseling Assistance & Training Program
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Authorizes FEMA to fund mental health assistance and training activities in areas which have been Presidentially declared a disaster.
Disaster Assistance
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides money or direct assistance to individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance.
Disaster Legal Services
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides free legal assistance to disaster victims.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides unemployment benefits and re-employment services to individuals who have become unemployed because of major disasters.
Public Assistance
Agencies: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations.
Regulatory Relief
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC has provided regulatory relief to financial institutions and to facilitate recovery in areas affected by severe storms and flooding.
Federal Surplus Personal Property Donation Program
Agency: General Services Administration (GSA)
Enables certain non-federal organizations to obtain personal property that the federal government no longer needs. Surplus personal property includes all types and categories of personal property.
Surplus Real Property Available for Public Use
Agency: General Services Administration (GSA)
Federal real estate properties that are no longer needed by the federal government may be made available for public uses to state and local governments, regional agencies, or nonprofit organizations.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Designed to assist people and areas recovering from the results of natural and human-caused disasters.
Mortgage Insurance for Disaster Victims Section 203(h)
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Insures mortgages made by qualified lenders to victims of a major disaster who have lost their homes and are in the process of rebuilding or buying another home.
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991
Agencies:Department of the Interior (DOI); United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
Various methods of assistance including loans, grants, etc. during drought events.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
Agencies: Department of Labor (DOL); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
The U.S. Department of Labor oversees the DUA program and coordinates with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide the funds to the state UI agencies for payment of DUA benefits and payment of state administration costs under agreements with the Secretary of Labor.
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988
Agencies: Department of Energy (DOE); Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Payment of liability claims from a nuclear power reactor incident.
Emergency Relief Program
Agencies: Department of Transportation (DOT); Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
A special program from the Highway Trust Fund for the repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands which have suffered serious damage as a result of (1) natural disasters or (2) catastrophic failures from an external cause.
Savings Bond Redemption
Agency:Department of the Treasury (DoT)
Savings Bond Redemption allows bond owners in areas affected by a presidentially declared disaster to redeem bonds prior to the expiration of the initial 12-month holding period.
Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief for Individuals and Businesses
Agencies: Department of the Treasury (DoT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Special tax law provisions may help taxpayers and businesses recover financially from the impact of a disaster, especially when the federal government declares their location to be a major disaster area.
Flood and Post-Flood Response
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides disaster preparedness and response services and advanced planning measures designed to reduce the amount of damage caused by an impending disaster. USACE is prepared and ready to respond to natural and man-made disasters.
Response
Emergency Farm Loans
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Farm Service Agency (FSA)
USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) provides Emergency loans to help producers who own or operate located in a county declared by the President or designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a primary disaster area or quarantine area. All counties contiguous to the declared, designated, or quarantined primary counties also are eligible for Emergency loans.
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG)
Agencies: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
To assist rural communities that have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water due to an emergency, or in which such decline is considered imminent, to obtain or maintain adequate quantities of water that meets the standards set by the Safe Drinking Water Act. This emergency is considered an occurrence of an incident such as, but not limited to, a drought; earthquake; flood; tornado; hurricane; disease outbreak; or chemical spill, leakage, or seepage.
Emergency Water Assistance Program
Agency: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Emergency supplies of drinking water for consumption and well construction.
Hurricane Response
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
USACE employees stand ready to engage in severe weather emergency support missions. FEMA assigns USACE missions to include: debris management, commodities distribution, temporary housing, temporary roofing, emergency power, infrastructure assessment, and support to urban search and rescue.
General Disaster Response
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Under the National Response Framework, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is assigned as the primary agency for Emergency Support Function #3 – Public Works and Engineering and Emergency Support Function #9 – Search and Rescue.
Flood and Post-Flood Response
Agencies: United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Provides disaster preparedness and response services and advanced planning measures designed to reduce the amount of damage caused by an impending disaster. USACE is prepared and ready to respond to natural and man-made disasters.