Individual Assistance (IA) is provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to individuals and families who have sustained losses due to disasters. Homeowners, renters and business owners in designated counties who sustained damage to their homes, vehicles, personal property, businesses or inventory as a result of a federally declared disaster may apply for disaster assistance. Disaster assistance may include grants to help pay for temporary housing, emergency home repairs, uninsured and underinsured personal property losses, and medical, dental and funeral expenses caused by the disaster, along with other serious disaster-related expenses.
This data contains aggregate statistics on IA program registrants in a number of human categorization and program eligibility subjects areas. One way this data could be used is to analyze FEMA’s IA program response attributes to help shape future assistance.
This OpenFEMA dataset will no longer be updated and will be archived by September 2020. You can find similar information in the Individuals and Households Valid Registrations data set. CSV and JSON files can be downloaded under the 'Full Data' tab.
To access the dataset through an API endpoint, visit the 'API Endpoint' section of the above page. Accessing data in this fashion permits data filtering, sorting, and field selection. The OpenFEMA API Documentation page provides information on API usage.
If you have any questions, please contact the OpenFEMA team at OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.