Disaster Relief

FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Rosebud Sioux Tribe

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022. Federal funding is available to the tribe and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures,…

FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oglala Sioux Tribe

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms and snowstorm from Dec. 12-25, 2022. Federal funding is available to the tribe and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures,…

FEMA: Pike County Added to Georgia Major Disaster Declaration

Pike County has been added to the major disaster declaration for Georgia’s severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes of Jan. 12, meaning residents who sustained damage or losses from the storms may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance. The declaration allows FEMA to provide assistance to eligible individuals and households in eight counties: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether,…

FEMA: Agency Announces All COVID-19 Disaster Declaration Incident Periods Will Close on May 11, 2023

In recognition of FEMA’s unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following the Biden-Harris Administration’s determination regarding the end of the Public Health Emergency and National Emergency declarations, the agency announced today that all COVID-19 incident periods will close on May 11.   FEMA will publish a Federal Register Notice providing a 90-day advance notice to…

FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for North Dakota

Today, FEMA announced federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of North Dakota to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm and straight-line winds from Nov. 9-11, 2022. The President’s action makes federal funding available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations…

FEMA: Mobile and Morgan Counties Added to Alabama Major Disaster Declaration

Mobile and Morgan counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama. Individuals and households in Mobile and Morgan counties can apply for FEMA Individual Assistance, which may include temporary housing assistance, basic home repairs and certain other uninsured disaster-related needs. These counties join Autauga, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene,…

FEMA: Alameda, Contra Costa, Mendocino and Ventura Counties Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

Alameda, Contra Costa, Mendocino and Ventura counties have been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance. The declaration allows FEMA to provide direct support to individuals and households in…

SBA: Disaster Enterprise Transformed to Strengthen Support for Disaster-Impacted Communities

The Reimagined Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience Will Position SBA to Support the Biden-Harris Whole-of-Government Climate Change Response Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced the second stage of the Agency’s realignment and strengthening of its disaster…

FEMA: Twenty Tribes and All Inhabited U.S. Territories Now Eligible for FEMA’s Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program

FEMA is expanding the eligibility for a new grant program that provides capitalization grants to fund revolving loans for resilience-related activities. The Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund grant program has been expanded to give insular areas the same eligibility to apply as states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This means American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana…

FEMA: San Mateo County Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

San Mateo County has been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance. The declaration allows FEMA to provide direct support to individuals and households in nine counties: Calaveras, Merced, Monterey,…