Puerto Rico Severas Tormentas y inundacin (DR-1919)

Financial Assistance to Help Families and Communities Recover

Individual Assistance
Public Assistance
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Individual Assistance Definitions

Individuals & Household Program (IHP): Provides money and services to people in Presidentially declared disaster areas.

Housing Assistance (HA): Provides assistance for disaster-related housing needs.

Other Needs Assistance (ONA): Provides assistance for other disaster-related needs, such as furnishings, transportation, and medical.

Public Assistance Definitions

Public Assistance (PA): Disaster grant assistance available for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President

Emergency Work (Categories A-B): Work that must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President

Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards

*Dollars Approved: Assistance dollars approved but not necessarily disbursed.

*Dollars Obligated: Funds made available to the State via electronic transfer following FEMA's final review and approval of Public Assistance projects.

La Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos

500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472

Operador General: (202) 646-2500

Solicitar Asistencia por Desastre:

(800) 621-3362 / TTY (800) 462-7585

Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Puerto Rico Severas Tormentas y inundacin (DR-1919)

Comunicados de Prensa

Preliminary Damage Assessment

Assistance to State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Governments and Certain Private-Non-Profit Organizations

Individual Assistance Definitions

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Puerto Rico Severas Tormentas y inundacin (DR-1919)

Comunicados de Prensa

Preliminary Damage Assessment

Individual Assistance Definitions

Public Assistance Definitions