Emergency Management

Agency: Department of Homeland Security

Hurricane Help

The United States Department of Education (ED) is working with other federal agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to ensure continuation of critical services to students, families, and educators and the restoration of the learning environment.

Disaster Distress Helpline

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Public Assistance: Local, State, Tribal and Private Non-Profit

FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) grant program provides federal assistance to government organizations and certain private nonprofit (PNP) organizations following a Presidential disaster declaration. Disaster survivors who need information on grant programs for individual homeowners and renters should visit FEMA’s Individual Assistance page.

PA provides grants to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and certain types of PNP organizations so that communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies.

Through the program, FEMA provides supplemental federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged publicly-owned facilities, and the facilities of certain PNP organizations. The PA program also encourages protection of these damaged facilities from future events by providing assistance for hazard mitigation measures during the recovery process.

The federal share of assistance is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The Recipient (usually the state) determines how the non-federal share (up to 25 percent) is split with the sub-recipients (eligible applicants).

Public Assistance Policy Guidance

Last Updated: September 21, 2017