Overview

The Recovery Directorate’s mission is to support individuals and communities affected by disasters in their efforts to recover through the following programs: Individual Assistance, which provides or coordinates emergency housing, financial assistance, and unemployment assistance for individuals, families, farmers and businesses; Public Assistance, which helps states, local communities and certain nonprofit groups restore and rebuild public systems and facilities, as well as with debris removal and emergency protective measures; the Federal Coordinating Officer Program; emergency and disaster declaration processing; and National Response Plan Emergency Support Functions # 14 (Long-Term Community Recovery). Victims of disaster may register via Internet or telephone to access these programs through a network of National Processing Centers managed by the Recovery Directorate.