Document ID: FEMA-2014-0003-0091
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program
Posted Date: 2014-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62647-62648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24806]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0003]

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, 2014.

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2014, and applies to emergencies and 
major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Millican, 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, prescribes that FEMA must annually adjust the maximum 
amount for assistance provided under the

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Individuals and Households Program (IHP). 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 $32,900. The increase in award 
amount as stated above is for any single emergency or major disaster 
declared on or after October 1, 2014. 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.
    FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers of 1.7 percent for the 12-month period, 
which ended in August 2014. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on September 17, 2014.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.048, Federal Disaster 
Assistance to Individuals and Households in Presidentially Declared 
Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster 
Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and 
Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to 
Individuals and Households--Other Needs.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2014-24806 Filed 10-17-14; 8:45 am]
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