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The Federal government plays a crucial part in the recovery process. Notably, their focus is based on technical assistance and financial aid. FEMA collaborates with the government to ensure the "recovery process" is successful. It is approximated that FEMA provides an average of $2.88 billion aid directed to the public (FEMA n.p).
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Disaster recovery center is the location either mobile or permanent. One can obtain information concerning Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The center addresses any other form of disaster. Items salvaged from the catastrophe can be stored at the recovery centers.
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Joint Field Office (JFO) coordinates, state, tribal, and federal agencies in the delivery process of recovery. It also includes various other voluntary organization focuses on recovery.
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National processing service centers located in Virginia, Texas and Maryland help in the registration of victims for them to access aid towards recovery process (FEMA n.p). NPSC help the victims obtain eligibility in getting support.
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The Disaster Housing Program provide the follow types of assistance
Rental and mortgage aid in providing rent to avoid any closure or eviction. However, the qualification details state that the occupant must proof that zone occupied the house before and after the disaster. Documents must be verified by FEMA.
Reimbursement of lodging expenses- The assistance works out I the victim had no alternative. Reimbursement is done upon the prohibition of returning home.
Minimal emergency repair assistance- This help them to make a home be a habitable place again. This will ensure safety at home (Haddow et al. n.p).
Temporal rental assistance- DHP provides a place for the affected. The check gathers for rent for the household to survive.
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Individual and Households Program
IHP provides a permanent construction. The program ensures that a permanent house is built. However, FEMA determines who deserves such houses. FEMA often constructs them at remote areas or regions regarded as insular.
Repairs, the body provides direct help by repairing houses especially uninsured. This aid makes the homes safe and hazard free.
Replacement- the program makes replacements for homeowners and ensures they are safe.
Other assistances include the provision of money, which will provide assistance in medical, transportation, funeral and other expenses (FEMA n.p).
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Based on the allocations made FEMA has a minimum of 75% of the total cost of the eligible cost for permanent restoration and emergency measures. The state determines the grants (grantee).
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The changes made since Hurricane Sandy on the eligibility to access funding includes, posting of beneficiaries on the web, loans for community disasters, tribal government declaration among other critical improvements (SAGE Business Researcher n.p).
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Public works focus on, stabilizing the economy, purchasing power and create employment. On the other hand, emergency work refers to tasks that arise due to a disaster or a matter that requires immediate attention.
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United Nations, for example, UNHCR, is designed to help refugees settle, and FAO is a food program designed to help people who are displaced or has no production due to drought. Red Cross is an international body that helps both during disaster and recovery process. IOM assist in the migration process (Knight n.p).
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VOAD refers to the center in which different organization converges and share resources and knowledge based on the disaster cycle.
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Tools and available policies essential to planning include zoning, financial incentives, planning techniques for land, information oversight and building codes. Examples of plans include, Chambers County TX and Greensburg (FEMA n.p).
Works Cited
FEMA. "Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 | FEMA.gov." FEMA.gov | Federal Emergency Management Agency. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
FEMA. "Public Assistance: Local, State, Tribal and Non-Profit | FEMA.gov." FEMA.gov | Federal Emergency Management Agency. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
"FEMA-grants-for-hurricane-sandy-assistance." SAGE Business Researcher (n.d.): n. pag. Print.
Haddow, George D, Jane A. Bullock, and Damon P. Coppola. Introduction to Emergency Management. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. Print.
Knight, U G. Power Systems in Emergencies: From Contingency Planning to Crisis Management. Chichester: John Wiley, 2001. Print.
