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:

  • 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.

Upcoming Deadline – Request for Public Assistance (RPA) for DR-4738, declared 9/7/23 and 9/9/23 - Due October  7, 2023 and
October 9, 2023.

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DR-4738 –Hurricane Idalia - Georgia Presidential Disaster Declaration is now ready to receive RPAs from counties, cities, state agencies, houses of worship, and certain private non-profits from the following declared Counties: Sept. 7th declared counties - Cook – Glynn – Lowndes – Sept. 9th  declared counties - Appling – Atkinson – Bacon – Berrien – Brantley – Brooks – Bulloch - Camden – Candler – Charlton – Clinch – Coffee – Colquitt  – Echols – Emanuel – Jeff Davis – Jenkins – Lanier –  Pierce – Screven – Tattnall – Thomas – Tift – Ware – Wayne . 

To apply for Public Assistance, an applicant must be a registered user of the FEMA Grants Portal and submit a Request for Public Assistance (RPA). To receive assistance, all eligible applicants will be required to submit this form through the Grants Portal: https://grantee.fema.gov/ - 30 days before a Presidential Disaster Declaration; the deadline is October 7, 2023 and October 9, 2023.

If there are any questions, please contact GEMA/HS Public Assistance Department – [email protected].

FEMA Public Assistance Grant Workshop

The GEMA/HS Public Assistance Department will be hosting a FEMA Public Assistance Grant Workshop on October 4, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This workshop is designated for all divisions of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other state agencies. To reserve your space, RSVP to [email protected].

Flyer for FEMA PA Grant Workshop on October 4