Document ID: FEMA-2017-0001-0159
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program
Posted Date: 2017-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 47568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22032]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2017-0001]

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, 2017.

DATES: This adjustment applies to emergencies and major disasters 
declared on or after October 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher B. Smith, 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 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 $34,000. The increase in award amount as stated above 
is for any single emergency or major disaster declared on or after 
October 1, 2016. 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 1.9 percent for the 12-month period, 
which ended in August 2017. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. 
Department of Labor released the information on September 14, 2017.

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.

Brock Long,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-22032 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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