Assistance for Governments and Private Non-profit Organizations After a Disaster | Federal Emergency Management Agency

Assistance for Governments and Private Non-profit Organizations After a Disaster

FEMA helps state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain types of private nonprofit organizations respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies. After an event like a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or wildfire, communities need help to cover their costs for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and restoring public infrastructure.

Physical Address

PO Box 10055, Hyattsville, MD 20782

Application process

Communities interested in applying for a PA Grant should contact their local or state emergency manager to begin the process and submit a Request for Public Assistance form. Applicants are highly encouraged to submit their forms through the online FEMA Grants Portal for faster processing.

Fee

The federal share of assistance is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The Recipient determines how the non-federal share (up to 25 percent) is split with the sub-recipients (i.e. eligible applicants).

Eligibility

An Applicant must be a state, territory, tribe, local government, private nonprofit organization.

Languages

English

Service area

United States

Agency info

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Agency seeks to support citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.