The corpus

The PA document library

133 documents and more than 5,000 pages of FEMA and federal source material — every one named on this page, and all of them searchable in the public preview. All five PAPPG editions since 2016 and both editions of 2 CFR Part 200 are included, so a chat with a declaration date is answered from the edition in force on that date. Nothing is retrieved from the open web.

5,000+
Pages of FEMA and federal source material
PAPPG v1 – v5.0
Five editions — the one in force on your declaration date answers
44 CFR 206 + 2 CFR 200
The PA regulation and the Uniform Guidance, indexed section by section
133
Documents, every one listed on this page

Core PA corpus — 86 documents

These documents cover the Public Assistance program directly: the Stafford Act, 44 CFR Part 206, PAPPG v5.0 Amended, and FEMA's PA recovery policies, fact sheets and job aids. A document is here because it bears on PA eligibility, cost, procedure or appeal rights.

  • Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) v5 — FP 104-009-2Governing PA policy for incidents declared on or after Jan 6, 2025
  • Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) v4 — FP 104-009-2Governing PA policy for incidents declared Jun 1, 2020 through Jan 5, 2025
  • 44 CFR Part 206 — Federal Disaster AssistanceThe regulation that establishes and governs the PA program
  • Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance ActThe statute PA operates under, including Sections 403, 404, 406, 423 and 705
  • 2 CFR 200.449 — Interest (current as of September 2, 2025)Uniform Guidance cost principle that determines allowability of interest on PA awards
  • 2 CFR Part 200 — Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements (2024 revision; awards on or after October 1, 2024)The full Uniform Guidance in force for awards made on or after October 1, 2024 — the procurement, cost-principle and audit rules the PAPPG cross-references, section by section
  • 2 CFR Part 200 — Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements (as amended through 2020; awards before October 1, 2024)The pre-revision Uniform Guidance, kept so awards made before October 1, 2024 are answered against the rules that applied to them
  • Public Assistance OverviewFEMA's own summary of the PA program
  • Implementing Section 20601 of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act Through the Public Assistance Program — FP 104-009-5PA-specific recovery policy implementing a statutory amendment to the program
  • Public Assistance Required Minimum Standards — FP 104-009-4FEMA policy on building-standard conditions for PA-funded permanent work
  • Public Assistance Simplified Procedures Policy — FP 104-23-001Sets the PA small-project threshold and simplified processing rules
  • State-Led Public Assistance GuideGoverns how a Recipient administers PA delivery directly
  • Completing and Submitting Streamlined Project ApplicationsProcedure for the PA project application itself
  • FEMA Debris Monitoring Guide (March 2021)Documentation and monitoring requirements for PA Category A debris work
  • Damage Assessment Operations ManualSets PDA methodology that drives PA declaration and project formulation; 23 PAPPG cross-references
  • FEMA New Recipients of Disaster Grants Guide (May 2019)Recipient grant-administration obligations for PA awards, keyed to the PAPPG
  • Public Assistance Category A: Debris Removal, Including Private Property Debris RemovalPA eligibility fact sheet for a work category
  • Public Assistance Category B: Emergency DemolitionPA eligibility fact sheet for a work category
  • Evacuation and Sheltering Assistance Under an Emergency DeclarationPA emergency protective measures eligibility
  • Public Assistance: Private Nonprofit EligibilityPA applicant eligibility for private nonprofits
  • FEMA Public Assistance: Safe Rooms and Storm SheltersPA eligibility of safe rooms as emergency work or permanent restoration
  • Consensus-Based Codes, Specifications and Standards for Public Assistance — FP 104-009-11 v2Codes and standards required on PA-funded repair and replacement under Stafford Sections 323 and 406
  • Mitigate Disaster Damage with FEMA Public Assistance (Section 406 Mitigation)Section 406 mitigation sits inside PA, not HMGP
  • Public Assistance Submerged Roads Policy — FP 104-009-13 (April 2021)PA permanent work eligibility for inundated roads
  • Public Assistance Policy on Insurance — FP 206-086-1Insurance requirements and reductions applied to PA awards
  • Public Assistance Management Costs (Interim) — FP 104-11-2PA management cost rates under Stafford Section 324
  • Simplifying Public Assistance Program Management CostsFEMA memo on simplified PA management cost documentation
  • Public Assistance Reasonable Cost Evaluation Job AidHow FEMA evaluates cost reasonableness on PA projects
  • Procurement Under Grants: Under Exigent or Emergency CircumstancesFEMA fact sheet on emergency and exigent procurement; predates the October 2024 revision of 2 CFR 200
  • FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates (2023)The rate schedule PA force-account equipment costs are reimbursed against
  • FEMA Public Assistance Funding for Low Carbon MaterialsPA cost eligibility for low-carbon materials in permanent work
  • Public Assistance Wildfire Policy GuidancePA eligibility for wildfire debris and hazard trees
  • Public Assistance Arbitration Fact Sheet (May 2025)PA dispute resolution under Stafford Section 423
  • Stafford Act Section 705: Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures — FP 205-081-2Governs PA deobligation and recovery of funds at closeout
  • Validate As You Go (VAYGo) GuidePA closeout validation procedure
  • Validate As You Go (VAYGo) Closeout Benefit Fact SheetPA closeout validation procedure
  • Validate As You Go (VAYGo) Frequently Asked QuestionsPA closeout validation procedure
  • Public Assistance Simplified Procedures Policy Webinar: Frequently Asked QuestionsFEMA's own clarifications on the PA simplified procedures policy
  • Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) v3.1 — FP 104-009-2Governing PA policy for incidents declared Aug 23, 2017 through May 31, 2020 (archived edition)
  • Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) v2 — FP 104-009-2Governing PA policy for incidents declared Apr 1, 2017 through Aug 22, 2017 (archived edition)
  • Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG) v1 — FP 104-009-2Governing PA policy for incidents declared Jan 1, 2016 through Mar 31, 2017 (archived edition)
  • Public Assistance 9500 Series Policies (1998–2015)The pre-PAPPG policy series and its reference table, for declarations before 2016
  • Public Assistance Program Delivery Guide (Operational Draft v1.1, September 2022)How FEMA delivers PA from the Request for Public Assistance to closeout in Grants Manager and Grants Portal
  • Debris Removal Guidance (Category A), October 2024FEMA guidance on Category A eligibility, documentation and monitoring
  • Public Assistance: Debris Removal Contracts and Price Amendments (November 2024)When amended debris contract prices are reasonable
  • Expedited Funding: Public Assistance Job Aid (October 2024)Requesting expedited funding for emergency work
  • Public Assistance Expedited Project Funding Fact Sheet (October 2024)Expedited project funding in a major disaster
  • Public Assistance Guidance for Schools and Institutions of Higher Education (October 2024)Joint Department of Education and FEMA FAQ for education applicants
  • Public Assistance Program and Educational Facilities (October 2011)Pre-PAPPG fact sheet on educational facilities; answers declarations before 2016
  • Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation Funding for Replacement Facilities (February 2024)Section 406 mitigation on replacement facilities since the September 2022 policy change
  • Strategic Funds Management Instruction (December 2022)Phased obligation of large-project funding
  • FEMA Public Assistance: Category B, Snow Related Activities (March 2023)Eligibility of snow-related emergency work
  • Public Assistance Sampling Procedure (March 2022)Statistical sampling of project documentation during validation
  • Public Housing Agency: Applying for FEMA Public Assistance (August 2022)The public housing agency applicant process and HUD coordination
  • Community Disaster Loan Program Fact Sheet (October 2024)Operational loans for revenue loss under Stafford Section 417
  • Audit-Related Guidance for Entities Receiving FEMA Public Assistance Funds (March 2021)OIG audit tips for documenting PA costs
  • Consensus-Based Codes, Specifications and Standards for Public Assistance FAQ (February 2020)FEMA's own FAQ on FP 104-009-11, for declarations Nov 6, 2019 through Jan 5, 2025
  • Public Assistance Contracting Requirements Checklist (October 2018)The contracting checklist PAPPG v4 absorbed; answers declarations before June 2020
  • Public Assistance: Private Nonprofit Houses of Worship FAQ (January 2018)Houses of worship as eligible PNP community centers since the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
  • Public Assistance Disaster Recovery Reform Act Fact Sheet (July 2019)DRRA 2018 amendments and their retroactive dates; answers declarations before June 2020
  • Public Assistance Management Costs Standard Operating Procedures (February 2019)Claiming and tracking management costs under FP 104-11-2
  • FEMA Bulletin, June 10, 2025: Public Assistance Mitigation Cost Share Incentives Policy No Longer Applicable for DisastersFEMA's notice that its 2024 cost-share incentive policy for mitigation on permanent work no longer applies to any declared disaster, retroactive to the disasters declared since September 26, 2024
  • Public Assistance Management Costs SOP Issuance Memo (February 2019)Issuance memo for the management costs SOP
  • Public Assistance Recovery of Improper Payments — SOP 9570.16 (January 2014)How FEMA recovers improper PA payments
  • Public Assistance Program Management and Grant Closeout — SOP 9570.14 (December 2013)The closeout procedure PAPPG v4 absorbed; answers declarations before June 2020
  • Public Assistance Program Interim Guidance on 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (December 2014)How the Uniform Guidance applied to PA awards from Dec 26, 2014; answers declarations before June 2020
  • Public Assistance Donated Resources Policy (June 2018)Donated resources credited against the non-federal share; answers declarations Aug 23, 2017 through May 31, 2020
  • Public Assistance policy memoranda 2018–2019: PNP schools, H&H studies, cost estimating, repair vs. replacementFour memos PAPPG v4 absorbed; answer declarations before June 2020
  • Public Assistance Appeals and Arbitration — FEMA Policy 104-22-0001Appeal and arbitration procedure for disasters declared Jan 1, 2022 through Jan 5, 2025
  • Stafford Act Section 705: Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures — FP 205-081-2, Version 1 (March 2016)The original Section 705 policy, for chats dated before June 2, 2021
  • FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates (2025)Rates for declarations on or after July 1, 2025
  • FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates (2021)Rates for declarations Sept 15, 2021 through July 25, 2023
  • Procurement Under Grants Policy Guide, Version 2.1 (July 2025) — FM-207-21-0002FEMA's procurement policy guide for awards and declarations on or after Oct 1, 2024
  • Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT) Field Manual (October 2021)The procurement manual for awards before Oct 1, 2024
  • Contract Provisions Guide, Version 2 (October 2024) — FI-207-21-0001Required contract clauses under 2 CFR 200 Appendix II
  • Purchasing Under a FEMA Award: 2024 OMB Revisions (December 2025)What changed in the federal procurement standards on Oct 1, 2024
  • Purchasing Under a FEMA Award: Exigency or Emergency Circumstances (December 2025)Noncompetitive procurement in exigent or emergency circumstances after the 2024 revisions
  • Purchasing Under a FEMA Award: States (December 2025)Procurement standards for state recipients
  • Purchasing Under a FEMA Award: Indian Tribes (December 2025)Procurement standards for tribal recipients and subrecipients
  • PA Procurement Conducted Under Exigent or Emergency Circumstances (January 2018)The 2018 fact sheet, for declarations before June 2020
  • GPD Information Bulletin 552: Purchasing Threshold Increases (January 2026)Micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds from Oct 1, 2025
  • FEMA RAPID Cost Estimating Fact Sheet (November 2024)Accelerated grant formulation for significantly damaged infrastructure
  • RAPID Cost Estimating FAQs (November 2024)FEMA's FAQ on the RAPID approach
  • FEMA Emergency Non-Congregate Sheltering during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Interim), Version 3 — FEMA Policy 104-009-18Non-congregate sheltering under any declaration made Jan 1, 2021 through Jun 30, 2021, extended through July 1, 2022; not a COVID-19-only policy
  • Temporary Extension of the Emergency Non-Congregate Sheltering Policy (March 28, 2022)Carries the 2021 NCS policy through July 1, 2022 for non-COVID-19 incidents
  • Accessible Public Service Announcements: Category B, Emergency Protective Measures (March 21, 2020)Category B eligibility of accessible public communications

Supporting references — 22 documents

These are not PA authorities; they are listed separately to keep that distinction clear. They govern adjacent programs — Hazard Mitigation Assistance, mitigation planning, flood risk mapping, CDBG-DR, radiological preparedness — and they are here because PA work runs into them.

  • Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance (2015)2015 guidance for HMGP, PDM and FMA — separate grant programs from PA. Earns a place because practitioners must draw the 404/406 line.
  • National Mitigation Framework, Second Edition (June 2016)National doctrine on roles and core capabilities, not a grant authority. Earns a place as the doctrinal frame PA recovery decisions are argued within.
  • National Disaster Recovery Framework, Second Edition (June 2016)National recovery doctrine, not PA regulation. Earns a place because it defines the recovery structures PA operates inside.
  • FEMA Tribal Policy — FEMA Policy 305-111-1Agency-wide nation-to-nation policy, not PA-specific. Earns a place because it sets the consultation posture behind tribal PA administration.
  • Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance (January 2017)Governs the declaration request, upstream of PA, and does not govern PA work eligibility or funding. Earns a place because it decides whether a tribal government reaches PA as a Recipient at all.
  • Eligibility of Flood Risk Reduction Measures Under the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Programs — FP 204-078-112-1Scoped to HMGP, PDM and FMA, not PA. Earns a place because the same measures come up in Section 406 mitigation scoping.
  • State Mitigation Plan Review Guide — FP 302-094-2Covers 44 CFR Part 201 mitigation plan review, not PA. Earns a place because an approved state mitigation plan is a precondition for mitigation funding a PA applicant may pursue alongside PA.
  • Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping — FP 204-078-1 (Rev. 6)Risk MAP technical standards, not a PA authority. Earns a place because the flood data it produces sets elevation requirements on PA permanent work.
  • Guidance on the Use of Available Flood Hazard Information — FEMA Policy 104-008-2A flood-hazard data policy rather than a PA program policy. Earns a place because it governs which flood elevations apply when rebuilding after a declaration.
  • Hazard Mitigation Assistance Acquisition Projects: Hydraulic Fracturing and Horizontal Directional Drilling — FEMA Policy 302-094-03HMA acquisition and deed-restriction policy, entirely outside PA. Earns a place as a narrow reference for property acquired under HMA in a PA-affected community.
  • Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide — FEMA Policy 306-112-1Mitigation plan review under 44 CFR Part 201; unlike tribal declarations guidance it has no bearing on PA eligibility. Earns a place as the tribal counterpart to the state plan guide.
  • FEMA–HUD CDBG-DR Flexible Match Implementation Guide (October 2020)A HUD program document, not a FEMA PA authority. Earns a place because it is guidance on using CDBG-DR as the PA non-federal cost share.
  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Management Costs (Interim) — FEMA Policy 104-11-1HMGP-side companion to the PA management cost policy under the same Stafford Section 324. Earns a place because the two rates are routinely confused.
  • Grant Programs Directorate Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Policy Guidance — FEMA Policy 108-023-1States on its face that it applies to non-disaster Preparedness and Fire Grants, not PA. Earns a place as a reference for FEMA's EHP compliance review process, which PA projects also pass through.
  • Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants — NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2Joint FEMA/NRC preparedness criteria with no PA funding authority. Earns a place as reference for radiological incident response planning.
  • Elevated Foundation Systems Under HMGP, Hurricane Sandy Pilot — FEMA Policy 205-080-01A Stafford Section 404 HMGP pilot, explicitly limited to Hurricane Sandy declarations. Earns a place as precedent for elevation as a mitigation measure.
  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Post Fire — FEMA Policy 207-088-2Establishes an HMGP program under DRRA, separate from PA. Earns a place because post-fire recovery mixes FMAG, HMGP Post Fire and PA.
  • Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual — FEMA P-1028 (December 2019)REP program administration, a separate FEMA program from PA. Earns a place as reference for radiological preparedness obligations.
  • Local Mitigation Planning Handbook (March 2013)A how-to for local hazard mitigation plans under 44 CFR Part 201, not PA. Earns a place because an approved local plan conditions the mitigation funding communities pursue alongside PA.
  • Mitigation Federal Interagency Operational Plan, Second Edition (August 2016)Federal interagency operational doctrine, no PA authority. Earns a place as the operational layer under the National Mitigation Framework.
  • Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide (March 2023)The HMA Guide for HMGP, HMGP Post Fire, BRIC and FMA from March 23, 2023 — separate programs from PA. Earns a place because the 404/406 line is drawn against it.
  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Management Costs FAQ (2020–2023)HMGP companion FAQ to FEMA Policy 104-11-1, archived. Earns a place beside the policy it explains.

COVID-19 declarations — 25 documents

FEMA wrote a body of policy that applies only to the COVID-19 declarations: work eligibility, medical care, safe opening and operation, food distribution, sheltering, deadlines and the disposition of supplies. These documents answer a chat that is about a COVID-19 declaration — set from the DR number (a Biological, COVID-19 declaration) or from a question that names COVID-19 — and stay out of every other chat, so a 2020 hurricane question is never answered from pandemic policy.

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Work Eligible for Public Assistance (Interim) — FEMA Policy 104-009-19The COVID-19 work-eligibility policy for work performed on or after September 15, 2020 (moved here from the core list)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Eligible Emergency Protective Measures (March 2020)The first eligibility fact sheet, for work performed January 20 through September 14, 2020
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Medical Care Eligible for Public Assistance (Interim), Version 3 — FEMA Policy 104-21-0004Eligible emergency medical care and vaccination costs
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Safe Opening and Operation Work Eligible for Public Assistance (Interim), Version 3 — FEMA Policy 104-21-0003PPE, cleaning, screening and temporary facilities for safe opening and operation
  • Air Disinfection Eligibility Under the Safe Opening and Operation Policy (June 2022)Ventilation and air-disinfection costs
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Purchase and Distribution of Food Eligible for Public Assistance — FEMA Policy FP 104-010-03Food purchase and distribution under the COVID-19 declarations
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Public Assistance Programmatic Deadlines (Interim), Version 3 — FEMA Policy 104-22-0002RPA, project-application, emergency-work and closeout deadlines
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Public Assistance Programmatic Deadlines, Version 1 (June 2022)The first deadlines policy, replaced in March 2023
  • Issuance Memo: COVID-19 PA Programmatic Deadlines (Interim), Version 2 (March 30, 2023)The August 9, 2023 demobilization, disposition and disposal deadline
  • COVID-19 Incident Period Closure, Public Assistance Emergency Work Deadline, and Resulting Programmatic Deadlines (February 10, 2023)May 11, 2023 as the incident period close and the emergency work deadline
  • COVID-19 Public Assistance Implementation: Progress, Success and Next Steps (March 30, 2022)The July 1, 2022 RPA deadline and the end of 100% federal funding
  • Guidance on COVID-19 Requests for Public Assistance and Project Applications (April 1, 2022)Deadlines for COVID-19 RPAs and project applications
  • COVID-19 Public Assistance: Progress, Success, and Next Steps (webinar, April 2022)FEMA's webinar deck on COVID-19 PA deadlines and next steps
  • COVID-19 Legal Responsibility for Eligible Work: Retroactive Agreements; Limits (December 19, 2022)Legal responsibility and retroactive agreements for COVID-19 work
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Assistance Disposition Requirements for Equipment and Supplies, FAQ Version 2 (May 2023)Disposition and disposal of COVID-19 equipment and supplies at demobilization
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Assistance Disposition Requirements for Equipment and Supplies, FAQ (April 2022)The first disposition FAQ, replaced by Version 2
  • Public Assistance and the Test-to-Treat Initiative (June 2022)PA funding for Test-to-Treat sites
  • Title 32 National Guard Support for COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts (November 23, 2020)PA eligibility of vaccine distribution costs and Title 32 Guard support
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Alternate Care Site (ACS) “Warm Sites” (May 12, 2020)Keeping alternate care sites in a warm state
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Non-Congregate Sheltering FAQ (March 21, 2020)Non-congregate sheltering under the COVID-19 declarations
  • Public Assistance: Non-Congregate Sheltering Delegation of Authority (March 19, 2020)Regional Administrators approve NCS requests under the COVID-19 emergency
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Private Nonprofit Organizations (March 31, 2020)PNP eligibility under the COVID-19 declarations
  • Floodplain Considerations for Temporary Critical Facilities for COVID-19 (March 2020)Siting temporary critical facilities outside floodplains
  • Environmental and Historic Preservation and Emergency Protective Measures for COVID-19 (July 2020)EHP compliance for COVID-19 emergency protective measures
  • COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Coordinating Public Assistance and Other Sources of Federal Funding (June 2020)Duplication of benefits between PA and other federal COVID-19 funding

How the corpus is used

Which edition answers your question

The library holds all five PAPPG editions, from Version 1 (January 2016) to v5.0 Amended, and both editions of 2 CFR Part 200. v5.0 Amended governs incidents declared on or after January 6, 2025; Version 4 governs June 1, 2020 through January 5, 2025; Versions 1, 2 and 3.1 cover January 2016 through May 2020. Set the declaration date in a chat and answers are drawn from the edition in force on that date; with no date, current policy is used, and guidance published after your event date is flagged in the sources.

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