Tidal Basin has provided a full range of portfolio management; emergency management; and grants management services including FEMA, USDA, HUD, CDBG, CARES Act and other funding streams, as well as software integration support to 18 states including Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, New York, and Tennessee, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This piece examines the costs potentially eligible for reimbursement for schools as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 as well as disaster recovery tips for tracking costs and correctly procuring an experienced vendor.
This piece examines the costs potentially eligible for reimbursement for local governments as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 as well as disaster recovery tips for tracking costs and correctly procuring an experienced vendor.
This piece examines the costs potentially eligible for reimbursement for the healthcare industry as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 as well as disaster recovery tips for tracking costs and correctly procuring an experienced vendor.
This piece examines the costs potentially eligible for reimbursement for airports as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 as well as disaster recovery tips for tracking costs and correctly procuring an experienced vendor.
This piece examines the background, eligible activity areas, and the flexibility of the CARES Act in regards to CDBG Grantees and Recipients.
When a large-scale natural disaster occurs, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or wildfire, local and state resources can be depleted quickly. When this happens, the State’s Governor will request the President proclaim a Major Disaster Declaration which activates the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to begin distributing funds to those deemed eligible. Our experts can help immediately, with the experience and resources to mobilize quickly and begin working on your behalf to help qualify and obtain the maximum financial recovery for your property damage.
Damaged property must be in a federally declared disaster area.
File a claim with your insurance company as well.
Prepare necessary information for the application process. You will need:
Visit DisasterAssistance.gov to apply online or call 800.621.3362
Check the status of your FEMA application.
A FEMA Inspector will contact you within 10 to 14 days.
The FEMA inspector will then submit the report to FEMA.
If you qualify, a check will be sent by mail or the money will be transferred into your checking or savings account along with a letter explaining how you are to use the funds.
Disaster Recovery Today is offered free of charge as a public service by our team of experts. Within its pages is the knowledge gained from years of study and field experience that has made our professionals recognized specialists in FEMA’s Public Assistance program. We have assisted recipients and applicants with virtually all stages of recovery from planning to closeout, and are pleased to be able to share this expertise and insight from a non-FEMA perspective.
Read IssuesFollowing a declared disaster, organizations need to implement a well thought out recovery approach. We have identified nine key steps to a successful recovery under FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.
The first step after a declared disaster is to develop a management approach. An “ad-hoc” recovery team needs to be created, roles and responsibilities delineated, and a well-organized filing approach must be established to handle the many projects.
Determine your losses beginning with your cleanup and emergency response. Then building, equipment and supplies losses must be quantified “as it was” and “as it has to be.” Lost revenues and temporary relocation costs need to be calculated as well.
Categorize the losses: FEMA categories A-G, insured/uninsured, responsibility of OFA, and special considerations.
Determine eligibility. General eligibility requirements include the following: it needs to be required as the result of the event; it must be caused by the event (no pre-existing damage); it must be located within the designated disaster area; and it must be the legal responsibility of an eligible applicant.
Develop a rebuilding plan. The applicant needs to consider the recovery “as they want it to be” considering whether to replace or relocate certain buildings, fixtures or infrastructure. The mitigation approach is outlined in Section 406 and Section 404 of The Stafford Act. Categorization of anticipated insurance proceeds also needs to be well documented.
Develop a funding approach. These can be broken down into the following: Standard Project, Alternate Project, Improved Project or in special circumstances the Grant Acceleration Program.
Implement the plan. Implementation involves the development of applicable project worksheets and proposals and the completion of approved projects.
Final inspection and closeout. This includes the state audit of all large projects, dispute resolution, re-evaluation of applicable insurance reductions and the acquisition and maintenance of adequate insurance if reasonable and practical.
The audit process. FEMA’s Office of the Inspector General often selects subrecipient for program and financial audits. This can occur any time throughout the process; up to three years from the completion of all projects.
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When Hurricane Katrina struck, bringing with it widespread flooding and damage, the City of Slidell took the brunt of the storm. Located just 30 miles north of New Orleans, the two cities were both hit full-force by the destructive power of the hurricane. Unfortunately for Slidell, the nation first focused on the recovery of New Orleans. The City of Slidell didn't begin its recovery operations under Adjusters International had been hired, bringing the expertise required to turn the recovery process around.
