Lesson Summary

Let’s summarize what you have learned in this lesson:

  • Individual Assistance (IA) programs help individual disaster survivors recover from a declared disaster.
  • Public Assistance (PA) programs help State, Tribal, and local governments recover from a declared disaster.
  • Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs, Section 404 and 406, help reduce or eliminate long-term risk to human life or property from hazards and their effects.
  • The Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) program supports the AIR mission and expedites the recovery process by providing survivors in-person, tailored guidance and services to resolve immediate and emerging needs, and identifying the needs of the whole community.

Now that you have learned about key FEMA programs, in the next lesson you will learn about incident planning.

IS-0822 Lesson List: Lesson 1: Course Overview and FEMA Authorities (complete), Lesson 2: Overview of FEMA Doctrine (complete), Lesson 3: FEMA Incident Support(complete), Lesson 4: FEMA Incident Management(complete), Lesson 5: Disaster Declaration Process(complete), Lesson 6: Key FEMA Programs(complete), Lesson 7: Planning, Lesson 8: Resource Request Process and Management, Lesson 9: Course Summary