DisasterCenter.com is happy to make the Federal Emergency Management Administration's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) V 3.0 available in a print format.FEMA Public Assistance (PA) provides grants to jurisdictions and certain non-profits for the costs of emergency response and for damages to permanent facilities damaged as a result of events that qualify for Presidential Disaster Declarations. In terms of dollar amounts, FEMA's Public Assistance Program is the largest grant program that FEMA operates.FEMA PA can assist with local and State governments' emergency response efforts and in the restoration of public infrastructure after Presidential disaster declarations in the United States.FEMA may provide financial assistance to private nonprofit facilities as defined by Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. § 5122(11)) (Stafford Act) and 44 C.F.R. § 206.221. The Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide assistance to private nonprofit facilities, including community centers. 44 C.F.R. § 206.221(e)(7). This Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide continues to define community centers to include facilities that provide a wide array of services, including but not limited to art classes, gardening, sewing, stamp collecting, community clean-up projects, and activities to pursue items of mutual interest, concern or social engagement. The FEMA Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) is FEMA's PA bible. The PAPPG combines all Public Assistance (PA) policy into a single volume and provides an overview of the PA Program implementation process with links to other publications and documents that provide additional process details. This document incorporates and supersedes language from PA Program publications and 9500 Series documentsThe 2018 PAPPG (V3.0) is effective for all emergencies and major disasters declared on or after August 23, 2017. It supersedes the 2017 PAPPG (V2.0) which is effective for all emergencies and major disasters declared between April 1, 2017 and August 22, 2017
