Document ID: FEMA-2011-0001-0385
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program
Posted Date: 2011-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63940-63941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26613]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and 
Households Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice of the maximum amount for assistance under 
the Individuals and Households Program for emergencies and major 
disasters declared on or after October 1, 2011.

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2011, and applies to emergencies and 
major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Grimm, Recovery Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20472, (202) 212-1000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act), 42 
U.S.C. 5174,

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prescribes that FEMA must annually adjust the maximum amount for 
assistance provided under the Individuals and Households (IHP) Program. 
FEMA gives notice that the maximum amount of IHP financial assistance 
provided to an individual or household under section 408 of the 
Stafford Act with respect to any single emergency or major disaster is 
$31,400. The increase in award amount as stated above is for any single 
emergency or major disaster declared on or after October 1, 2011. In 
addition, in accordance with 44 CFR 61.17(c), this adjustment includes 
the maximum amount of available coverage under any Group Flood 
Insurance Policy (GFIP) issued for those disasters.
    FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers of 3.8 percent for the 12-month period 
ended in August 2011. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on September 15, 2011.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.048, Individuals and 
Households--Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households--Disaster 
Housing Operations; 97.050, Individuals and Households--Other Needs.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-26613 Filed 10-13-11; 8:45 am]
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