Designated Areas: Disaster 1209

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Individual Assistance

Individuals and households in these designated counties are eligible to apply for financial and direct services. Apply for assistance, or learn more about the Individual Assistance program.

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Baldwin (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Bartow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Bulloch (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Butts (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Chatham (County)
  • Cherokee (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clayton (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Columbia (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • Dade (County)
  • Dawson (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Floyd (County)
  • Forsyth (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Habersham (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Henry (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Jones (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lowndes (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Muscogee (County)
  • Newton (County)
  • Paulding (County)
  • Peach (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Rabun (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Richmond (County)
  • Rockdale (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Spalding (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Towns (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Walker (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

Public Assistance

State, local, tribal and territorial governments and certain private-non-profit organizations in these designated counties are eligible for assistance for emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities. Learn more about the Public Assistance program.

PA

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-A

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-B

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-C

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-D

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-E

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-F

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-G

  • Appling (County)
  • Atkinson (County)
  • Bacon (County)
  • Baker (County)
  • Barrow (County)
  • Ben Hill (County)
  • Berrien (County)
  • Bibb (County)
  • Bleckley (County)
  • Brantley (County)
  • Brooks (County)
  • Bryan (County)
  • Burke (County)
  • Calhoun (County)
  • Candler (County)
  • Carroll (County)
  • Charlton (County)
  • Clay (County)
  • Clinch (County)
  • Cobb (County)
  • Coffee (County)
  • Colquitt (County)
  • Cook (County)
  • Crawford (County)
  • Crisp (County)
  • DeKalb (County)
  • Decatur (County)
  • Dodge (County)
  • Dooly (County)
  • Dougherty (County)
  • Douglas (County)
  • Early (County)
  • Echols (County)
  • Effingham (County)
  • Emanuel (County)
  • Evans (County)
  • Fulton (County)
  • Glynn (County)
  • Gordon (County)
  • Grady (County)
  • Gwinnett (County)
  • Hall (County)
  • Haralson (County)
  • Heard (County)
  • Houston (County)
  • Irwin (County)
  • Jeff Davis (County)
  • Jefferson (County)
  • Jenkins (County)
  • Johnson (County)
  • Lamar (County)
  • Lanier (County)
  • Laurens (County)
  • Lee (County)
  • Liberty (County)
  • Lincoln (County)
  • Long (County)
  • Lumpkin (County)
  • Macon (County)
  • McIntosh (County)
  • Miller (County)
  • Mitchell (County)
  • Monroe (County)
  • Montgomery (County)
  • Murray (County)
  • Pickens (County)
  • Pike (County)
  • Pulaski (County)
  • Quitman (County)
  • Randolph (County)
  • Screven (County)
  • Seminole (County)
  • Stewart (County)
  • Sumter (County)
  • Talbot (County)
  • Tattnall (County)
  • Telfair (County)
  • Terrell (County)
  • Thomas (County)
  • Tift (County)
  • Toombs (County)
  • Treutlen (County)
  • Turner (County)
  • Twiggs (County)
  • Union (County)
  • Ware (County)
  • Wayne (County)
  • Webster (County)
  • Wheeler (County)
  • White (County)
  • Wilcox (County)
  • Wilkinson (County)
  • Worth (County)

PA-H

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How a Disaster Gets Declared

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act states in part that: "All requests for a declaration by the President that a major disaster exists shall be made by the governor of the affected state or territory, or by the tribal leader."

Visit our How a Disaster Gets Declared page for detailed information on the rules and procedures that guide the process, including:

  • Requirements governors/leaders follow when submitting their request for a presidential disaster declaration.
  • Authorities granting federally recognized Indian tribal governments the option to request a presidential emergency or major disaster declaration.
  • How FEMA regional offices work with state or Indian tribal governments to conduct Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs).
  • Factors that determine when individual assistance is made available.