Individual Assistance Programs Sample Clauses

Individual Assistance Programs. (IA) The Xxxxxxxx Act authorizes a wide variety of direct and financial assistance to individual and households affected by a Declaration, and FEMA has implemented these authorities under the umbrella of its Individual Assistance Program, which include crisis counseling (Section 416); disaster legal services (Section 415); unemployment assistance (Section 410); food coupons (Section 412); case management (Section 426); and funeral services, minor home repairs, and temporary housing assistance (Section 408). It should be noted that other Federal agencies provide disaster assistance programs, services, and activities to individuals as well, including the U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Labor, but these other assistance programs are not subject to the terms of this Agreement. Public Assistance Program (PA) The Xxxxxxxx Act authorizes federal assistance for state, territorial, tribal, and local governments and certain private non-profit entities to respond to emergencies and to respond to and recover from major disasters. FEMA has administratively combined these authorities under the umbrella of its Public Assistance Program. The Public Assistance Program provides a broad range of assistance. First, it provides direct services and financial assistance for emergency assistance, such as emergency evacuation, sheltering, and debris removal. Second, it provides financial assistance for the permanent restoration of disaster-damaged facilities. Third, it includes emergency transportation and emergency communications assistance. Mitigation Programs
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Individual Assistance Programs. These programs help ensure that individuals and families that have been affected by disasters have access to the full range of FEMA assistance, including: crisis counseling, disaster legal services, medical assistance, transportation, funeral services, minor home repairs, and temporary housing assistance (Section 408). It should be noted that other federal agencies provide disaster assistance to individuals as well, such as the U.S. Small Business Administration, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Labor. Public Assistance Program This program assists States, Tribal, and local governments, and certain types of private nonprofit organizations to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President. Grants are provided for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned, and certain private non- profit facilities. NON-DISASTER GRANT PROGRAMS Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program provides funding for purchase of equipment and retrofit or construction of fire stations to improve first responder capabilities. Buffer Zone Protection Program The Buffer Zone Protection Program provides funding to increase the preparedness capabilities of jurisdictions responsible for the safety and security of communities surrounding high-priority pre-designated Tier 1 and Tier 2 critical infrastructure and key resource assets, including chemical facilities, financial institutions, nuclear and electric power plants, dams, stadiums and other high-risk/high-consequence facilities, through allowable planning and equipment acquisition. Citizen Corps Program The Citizen Corps mission is to bring community and government leaders together to coordinate community involvement in emergency preparedness, planning, mitigation, response, and recovery.
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Related to Individual Assistance Programs

  • Employee Assistance Program A. The State recognizes that alcohol, nicotine, drug abuse, and stress may adversely affect job performance and are treatable conditions. As a means of correcting job performance problems, the State may offer referral to treatment for alcohol, nicotine, drug, and stress related problems such as marital, family, emotional, financial, medical, legal, or other personal problems. The intent of this section is to assist an employee's voluntary efforts to treat alcoholism, nicotine use, or a drug-related or a stress-related problem.

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Section 1. The Employer agrees to provide to the Union the statistical and program evaluation information provided to management concerning Employee Assistance Program(s).

  • Educational Assistance Plan The state shall provide up to six credit hours of tuition-free courses per term at a state university or community college to full-time employees on a space available basis as authorized by law.

  • Employee Assistance Plan The Board shall make available to eligible employees and their eligible family members, at no cost, an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP). Employee participation in and/or referral to the EAP shall be voluntary and confidential, except as to any disclosures required by applicable state law. All personal treatment records generated as a result of an eligible individual’s utilization of the EAP shall be maintained by the service provider and shall not be shared with the Board unless otherwise authorized by the eligible employee or the covered dependent, or by operation of applicable law. The contact person for the EAP services to be made available under this Agreement shall not be employed by the Board of Education.

  • Dependent Care Assistance Plan An employee may designate an amount per calendar year, from earnings on which there will be no federal income tax withholding for dependent care assistance (as defined in Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended from time to time.)

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