Public Assistance
Infrastructure and Local Government Assistance
Infrastructure and Local Government Assistance is supplemental aid to local, state and select non-profit organizations for the specific purpose of response and recovery in state-mandated or presidentially-declared disasters or emergencies.
Who Can Apply:
Public Assistance
- Counties that are included in the Federal Declaration
- Any city, town, special district, regional authority, village or borough included in the declared county
- State government agencies that assisted in the declared counties
- Private non-profit organizations that own or operate facilities that provide certain services otherwise performed by a government agency, as long as they also complete a
PNP Questionnaire . Information on what qualifies as a PNP can be found on FEMA's website at https://www.fema.gov/appeal-categories/private-non-profit.
All applicants must complete a
Request
for Public Assistance (RPA)
. Please email completed forms to Public Assistance.
July 1 Deadline Approaching
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COVID-19 Request for Public Assistance or RPA ends July 1, 2022. Applicants must be registered (https://grantee.fema.gov/), or have an application on file by July 1, 2022, in order to submit a project or work for reimbursement from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ( FEMA) PA COVID-19 funding. In addition, the federal cost-share for FEMA’s PA COVID-19 work reduces from 100% to 90% after July 1, 2022 for all new projects or expenses that are requested for reimbursement after July 1. Lastly, all expenses for potential reimbursement must be submitted by December 31, 2022. If there are any questions, please contact GEMA/HS Public Assistance Department – [email protected].
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