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Disaster Assistance Projects

Program Information

Popular name

(Earmarked Projects or Limited Scope Disaster Projects. Restricted to entities designated by DHS or congressional statute.)

Program Number

97.088

Program objective

This category is not for unsolicited proposals. Provides funding that has been designated by Congressionally appropriated authorization, generally for a specified project, or to provide unique or limited scope funding for certain disaster assistance Projects identified by Congress or a DHS program office. Program funds support the National Preparedness Goal of enhancing core capabilities in the areas of disaster response and recovery. One such disaster project is the Disaster Case Management (DCM) Program, which is a disaster-related federal award. DCM supports the Recovery core capability and mission area as defined in the National Preparedness Goal. The objective of DCM is to assist individuals and households through the recovery process by connecting survivors with local resources to meet their disaster-caused unmet needs. A disaster-caused unmet need is any un-resourced item, support, or assistance that has been assessed and verified as necessary for a survivor to recover from disaster. This may include but is not limited to: food, clothing, shelter, first aid, emotional and spiritual care, household items, temporary housing, home repair, or rebuilding.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2018

    6 grants, 60, 000+ survivors

  2. 2019

    6 grants , 30,000+ survivors

  3. 2020

    Program provided disaster case managers, to find resources and address disaster-caused unmet needs of disaster survivors.

  4. 2022

    Provided funding to assist individuals and households through the recovery process, resulting from a disaster.

  5. 2023

    Under a DCM award, states, territories, and tribes are able to provide survivors with the assistance of a case manager in the development of their disaster recovery plan and connection to local resources. This both assists survivors and empowers them in their own recovery. As of mid-July 2023, 4 DCM awards had been made to 4 states, tribes, and territories.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Grants regulations at 2 C.F.R. Part 200 and FEMA policy including the Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide 1.1.

  1. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, Section 426, Public Law 93-288, 42 U.S.C. 5189d, authorizing DCM Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, Public Law 115-254.