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:

[email protected]

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.**

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 after 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].