Public Assistance/ Infrastructure and Local Government Assistance

Public 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.

DR-4821 – Tropical Storm Debby, declared 9/24/24, Request for Public Assistance (RPA) Application Is Now Open! 

DR-4821-Tropical Storm Debby – Georgia Presidential Disaster Declaration is now ready to receive RPAs from Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Effingham, Evans, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Lanier, Long, Lowndes, McIntosh, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Ware, and Wayne Counties.       

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) through FEMA’s Grants Portal System: https://grantee.fema.gov/ - 30 days after a Presidential Disaster Declaration; the deadline is October 24, 2024

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 24, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 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].