Federal Emergency Management Agency · Disaster Resilience · Public Facilities
Public Assistance Program (FEMA PA)
Reimburses state and local governments for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and permanent restoration of public infrastructure following a presidential disaster declaration. Categories A-G.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $100K – $1B
- Non-federal match
- 25% (verify basis)
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Activated by federal disaster declaration.
- Typical prep time
- 4–12 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Stafford Act §§403, 406, 407 (42 U.S.C. §§5170b, 5172, 5173)
Who is eligible for Public Assistance Program (FEMA PA)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
- Requires an active federal disaster declaration for the area.
Federal share is 75% by default; can rise to 90% or 100% in catastrophic events. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
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- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) (FEMA)$100K – $25M
- Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) (FEMA)$600K – $50M
- Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) (FEMA)$100K – $30M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.