Contents: (1) Background; (2) Congress and the Declaration Process: Impetus, and Skepticism for Reform; (3) Pres¿l. and Gubernatorial Discretion; (4) Preliminary Damage Assessments; (5) Factors Considered for Public Assistance in Major Disaster Declarations (MDD): Estimated Cost of the Assist.; Localized Impacts; Insur. Coverage; Hazard Mitigation; Recent Multiple Disasters; Other Fed. Programs; (6) Factors Considered for Individual Assist. in MDD: Concentration of Damages; Trauma; Special Populations; Voluntary Agency Assist.; Insur. Coverage; Avg. Amount of Individual Assist. by State; Congress. Consid. for the Declaration Process; Composition of Preliminary Damage Assessment Teams; and Revising Individual Assist. Averages.
Finally, this book concludes with discussion of several policy issues that Congress may wish to consider when evaluating the PA Program in the future, including considerations of significant prospective changes to the PA Program and the ...
It makes recommend. to strengthen the internal control environment. Illustrations. This is a print on demand report.
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Disaster assistance improvement needed in disaster declaration criteria and eligibility assurance procedures.
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