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handle is hein.crs/govdblj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FF.w~C~l rES .rh$e Updated August 26, 2020 A Brief Overview of FEMA's Individual Assistance Program This In Focus provides an overview of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Individual Assistance (IA) program, including brief descriptions of some types of IA and the factors considered when determining whether to authorize IA pursuant to a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act; 42 U.S.C. §§5121 et seq.). IA Progrms Federal assistance is intended to supplement-not supplant-the local, state, territorial, or Indian tribal government's response and recovery efforts. For this reason, state, territorial, and Indian tribal governments do not automatically receive a presidential declaration of emergency or major disaster, nor do they automatically receive IA. Instead, generally, the governor or chief executive must request that the President declare an emergency or major disaster and that IA be authorized. When authorized, the forms of IA that may be available to affected individuals and households include * Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) provides grant funding to local, state, territorial, and Indian tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations following a major disaster, to assist individuals and communities through community-based outreach and the provision of psycho-educational services. * Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) may assist individuals ineligible for regular unemployment insurance who were previously employed or self- employed and rendered jobless, or whose employment was interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster. * Disaster Legal Services (DLS) may be provided for free to help low-income individuals secure benefits or make claims arising from a major disaster. * Disaster Case Management (DCM) partners case managers with disaster survivors to develop and implement disaster recovery plans that address their unmet needs following a major disaster. * Individuals and Households Program (IHP) provides financial and/or direct assistance, in the forms of Housing Assistance and Other Needs Assistance (ONA), to eligible individuals and households who have uninsured or under-insured necessary expenses and serious needs resulting from an emergency or major disaster, which cannot be met through other means or forms of assistance. Figure 1 depicts the general timing of IA program delivery. Figure I. Timeline of Individual Assistance Program Delivery Iniiuaitance \Proras(y from FEA Iiviualsisac Program~ adPlcGud(IPGF10-0-3Mrh20 p. 01I N N W,) t L . Months from ded~artion*-J LEmergency or Major Disaster Dediration Emergency Declaration Source: Developed by CR5 based on Figure 2: Timeline of Individual Assistance Programs from the FEMA, Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG), FP 104-009-03, March 2Q19, p. I I, https://www.fema.gov/media-library-datal 551713430046- I abf I 2182d2d5e622d I 6accb37c4d I 63/IAPPG.pdf. Notes: Acronyms are as follows: Disaster Case Management (DCM); Individuals and Households Program (IHP); Disaster Legal Services (DLS); Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) Regular Service Program (RSP); Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); CCP Immediate Service Program (ISP); IHP-Other Needs Assistance (ONA): Critical Needs Assistance (CNA); Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA); and Operation Blue Roof Program (Blue Roof). TSA and Blue Roof are authorized and funded through the FEMA Public Assistance program, and such emergency work must be completed within six months of the declaration. FEMA may extend the timing of program delivery in some cases. Requesting and A toiigI FEMA evaluates specific factors to determine whether there is a need for IA using information submitted by the governor or chief executive in their declaration request. There are two sets of factors: one applies to states/territories pursuant to a governor's request, and one applies to Indian tribal governments pursuant to a chief executive's request. There is no minimum threshold for authorizing IA. After evaluating the factors, FEMA makes a recommendation to p\w -- , gnom goo mppm qq\ a , q 'S I 11LIANJILiN,

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