Federal Register: October 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 192)
DOCID: fr06oc09-88 FR Doc E9-24070
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr06oc09-88
ACTION: Major Disaster Declarations:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program
DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009, and applies to emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
FEMA gives notice of the maximum amount for assistance under the Individuals and Households Program for emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2009.
SUMMARY:
Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5174, prescribes that FEMA must annually adjust the maximum amounts for assistance provided under the Individuals and Households (IHP) Program. FEMA gives notice that the maximum amount of IHP financial assistance provided to an individual or household under section 408 of the Stafford Act with respect to any single emergency or major disaster is $29,900. The decrease in award amount as stated above is for any single emergency or major disaster declared on or after October 1, 2009. In addition, in accordance with 44 CFR 61.17(c), this adjustment includes the maximum amount of available coverage under any Group Flood Insurance Policy (GFIP) issued for those disasters.
FEMA bases the adjustment on a decrease in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent for the 12month period ended in
August 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the information on September 16, 2009.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.048, Individuals and
HouseholdsHousing; 97.049 Individuals and HouseholdsDisaster
Housing Operations; 97.050, Individuals and HouseholdsOther Needs. W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Berl D. Jones, Jr., Disaster Assistance Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 2121000.