Public Assistance Program
This act authorizes the President to provide Federal assistance when the magnitude of an incident or threatened incident exceeds the capabilities of the affected State, Territorial, Tribal, and local government to respond or recover.
What is the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act)
This is defined as the span of time during which the federally declared incident occurs.
What is the incident period
For private nonprofit facilities to be eligible for public assistance, more than this percent of the facility had to be in active use at the time of the incident.
What is 50%
At a minimum, work must be required as a result of the declared incident, be located within the designated area, and _______.
What is be the legal responsibility of an eligible applicant
FEMA refers to work performed by the Applicant's own personnel as ______.
What is Force Account Labor
The Governor and/or the Tribal Chief Executive must submit a request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration no later than this number of days after the incident occurs.
What is 30 days
Eligible applicants include State and Territorial governments, tribal governments, local governments, and ______.
What are certain private nonprofit organizations
This type of facility provides both eligible and ineligible services.
What is a mixed-use facility
FEMA separates work into two categories. Emergency Work and _______
What is Permanent Work
FEMA determines eligibility of overtime, premium pay, and compensatory time costs based on this document from the Applicant.
What is the Applicant's pre-disaster written labor policy
The President provides authorization for Federal assistance through two types of declarations. Emergency Declarations and this.
What are Major Disaster Declarations
These districts may also be eligible for public assistance.
What are Community Development Districts
If an applicant designed and constructed an administrative building, but later used it as a school. This type of facility is a ______
What is an alternate use facility
Debris Removal and Emergency Protective Measures are this type of work.
What is Emergency Work
For the type of work performed, all costs must be reasonable and _____.
What is equitable
Upon a Presidential Declaration, the Public Assistance Program is subjected to a Federal cost share of typically what percent?
What is 75%
To be an eligible private nonprofit applicant, the private nonprofit organization must show that it has either a current ruling letter from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service granting tax exemption under sections 501(c), (d), or (e) or ______.
What is documentation from the State substantiating it is a non-revenue producing nonprofit entity organized or doing business under State law.
To be eligible for public assistance, a private nonprofit organization must own or operate an eligible facility that provides a critical service or ______.
What is a non-critical, but essential service?
This category of work includes dams, levees, and canals.
What is Category D
For Permanent Work, both budgeted and unbudgeted employees are eligible for these types of costs.
What are straight-time and overtime costs
This document combines public assistance policy into a single volume and provides an overview of the program.
What is the Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG)
All 24 of these in Texas are eligible for public assistance.
What are Councils of Government
Non-critical private nonprofit organizations must simultaneously apply for a disaster loan from this agency.
What is the Small Business Administration
FEMA does not provide public assistance funding for repair of damage caused by deterioration, negligence, the Applicant's failure to take measures to protect a facility from further damage, or ______.
What is deferred maintenance
Generally, public assistance does not fund the overtime of this type of employee.
What is a supervisor
As soon as possible following the President's declaration, the Recipient conducts this ____.
What is an Applicant Briefing