GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP
Louisiana Elected Officials
Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
5.2 Recovery Resources
Successful recoveries require investments in repairing and reconstructing damaged facilities
and helping people rebuild lives. Whether considering public facilities, commercial properties or
individuals and residential recoveries, the first place to look for recovery
funding is through your insurance coverage, followed by rainy day
reserves and the re-direction of funding committed for other projects
or needs. Public entities can also look to municipal bonds.
STATE ASSISTANCE
• State Interim Emergency Board (IEB). In both declared
and non-declared events, the IEB may be a source for
funding support. IEB provides discretionary funding
(based on legislative appropriations) to assist in the
recovery from disaster damages. See next section of this
Manual that discusses IEB in greater detail.
• State Departments and Agencies.
LOCAL
FUNDING
STATE
FUNDING
When individual and local resources are overwhelmed and are
insufficient to meet disaster recovery needs – and if a Presidential
declaration has been made – recovery funding is available through the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford
Act). The Stafford Act opens the
door to FEMA Public Assistance
(PA), Individual Assistance (IA) and
technical and other Direct Federal
Assistance (DFA) through Mission
Assignments. More information
on FEMA PA and IA can be found
later in this chapter.
FEDERAL
FUNDING
Insurance + FEMA assistance
are the primary sources of
recovery funding.
Look to local resources first.
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