FEMA Disaster Assistance

Description:

The Individuals and Households Program (IHP) and the Public Assistance (PA) program are two ways FEMA provides financial relief to individuals and local governments following a disaster declaration. IHP provides financial assistance and direct services to eligible individuals and households who have uninsured or underinsured necessary expenses and serious needs as a result of a disaster. Assistance may include funds for temporary housing, repair or replacement of owner-occupied homes, hazard mitigation, and other needs such as medical, funeral, and personal property expenses. PA provides supplemental grants to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, as well as certain private nonprofit organizations, so communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters and emergencies. Eligible projects include debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the restoration of public infrastructure.

FEMA publishes IHP and PA data at the applicant and project level. PolicyMap aggregates these records to produce sums and counts at the county and state levels, and at the ZIP code level for IHP. Data is available for individual years and for multiyear ranges. Years in which no disasters occurred in any geography are excluded. In years with only a few disasters affecting a small number of geographies, the map may appear mostly grey, indicating no assistance was recorded. PolicyMap includes these years so that users have access to the most complete data available.