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Recovery

Recovery works to provide disaster assistance to individuals and families through state and federal disaster assistance programs.  After the President signs the disaster declaration that includes individual assistance programs, it is important to inform affected individuals and businesses through press releases and community response team efforts that programs are available to assist them in their recovery efforts. These programs help to rebuild lives and communities that have been impacted by a major disaster, and begin their recovery process.

Affected individuals and businesses can apply for assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agencie's (FEMA) telephone registration process using a toll free telephone number (800-621-FEMA [3362] or for the hearing impaired, 800-462-7585).  Once applicants have completed the registration process, they are automatically referred to programs for assistance and later notified by mail of receipt about the availability of other programs.

The Disaster Assistance Process

• Sequence of Events Leading to a Presidential Declaration
  -- Initial Damage Assessment
  -- Local Declaration
  -- Governor's Declaration
  -- Presidential Declaration

• Damage Assessment Process
  -- Eligible Types of Assistance
  -- Damage Assessment Teams

• Federal Assistance Program and Process
  -- Public Assistance
  -- Flood Insurance
  -- Funding
  -- Individual Assistance
  -- Small Business Administration
  -- Housing
  -- Fire Assistance Program
  -- Other Assistance Program

Updated:
January 11, 2008 15:09