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Apply using the FEMA app. Download the free app from your smartphone’s app store Apply by phone at 1-800-621-3362 Apply in person at a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC).
If you suspect someone is using your identity to apply for FEMA assistance, you should notify the inspector, or call the FEMA Hotline. You can report a possible FEMA fraud by emailing ...
There are three ways to apply for FEMA assistance. Call the toll-free number: 800-621-FEMA (3362). Calls are accepted every day from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. across time zones, and help is available in ...
FEMA's Public Assistance Program (PA) provides grants for disaster relief aid to state government agencies, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and private non-profit organisations in the wake of a disaster. [1]
A U.S. Senate committee and the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security found that FEMA inappropriately declared Miami-Dade county a disaster area and then awarded millions, often without verifying storm damage or a need for assistance. [70] [71] FEMA used hurricane aid money to pay funeral expenses for at least 203 Floridians ...
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, commonly known as the Stafford Act, [1] is a 1988 United States federal law designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. Congress's intention was ...
FEMA assistance can come in the form of many options, such as money for essential items like food, water, baby formula, breast feeding supplies, medication and other emergency supplies.
You can apply for FEMA assistance online by calling the FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-3362, or through the FEMA app. Spanish speakers can apply for FEMA assistance here.