Document ID: FEMA-2012-0014-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: RP9580.210, Personal Assistance Services in Shelters Fact Sheet
Posted Date: 2012-07-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40626-40627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16861]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2012-0014]

RP9580.210, Personal Assistance Services in Shelters Fact Sheet

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting 
comments on Recovery Fact Sheet RP9580.210, Personal Assistance 
Services in Shelters. The purpose of this new fact sheet is to provide 
clarification on the eligibility of personal assistance services in 
congregate and transitional shelters under the Category B, Emergency 
Protective Measures provision of FEMA's Public Assistance Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2012-0014 and 
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Please note that this proposed 
fact sheet is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is 
being utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments.
    Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20472-3100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lu Juana Richardson, Public Assistance 
Division, via email at LuJuana.Richardson@dhs.gov, by phone (202) 646-
3834, or facsimile at (202) 646-3288, or by mail Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Public Assistance Division, Room 408-67, 500 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Participation

    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or 
material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will 
include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting 
this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice, which can be viewed by clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link 
on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.
    You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified 
in the ADDRESSES section above. Please submit your comments and any 
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review 
of duplicate submissions.
    Docket: The proposed fact sheet is available in docket ID FEMA-
2012-0014. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, click on ``Advanced Search,'' then enter ``FEMA-
2012-0014'' in the ``By Docket ID'' box, then select ``FEMA'' under 
``By Agency,'' and then click ``Search.'' Submitted comments may also 
be inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, Room 835, 500 C Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20472.

II. Background

    The fact sheet, RP9580.210, Personal Assistance Services in 
Shelters provides clarification on the eligibility of personal 
assistance services in congregate and transitional shelters under the 
Category B, Emergency Protective Measures provision of the FEMA's 
Public Assistance Program. FEMA will reimburse eligible applicants' 
reasonable costs associated with the provision of personal assistance 
services to persons with disabilities in congregate and transitional 
shelters. Personal assistance services include but, are not limited to, 
caring for self (grooming, eating, bathing, toileting, dressing and 
undressing), walking, transferring (moving to and or from a wheelchair 
or cot), taking medicines, communicating and accessing programs and 
services.
    The proposed fact sheet does not have the force or effect of law.
    FEMA seeks comment on the proposed fact sheet, which is available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov in docket ID FEMA-2012-0014. Based 
on the comments received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the 
proposed fact sheet. Although FEMA will consider any comments received 
in the drafting of the final fact sheet, FEMA will not provide a 
response to

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comments document. When or if FEMA issues a final fact sheet, FEMA will 
publish a notice of availability in the Federal Register and make the 
final fact sheet available at http://www.regulations.gov. The final 
fact sheet will not have the force or effect of law.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207.

David J. Kaufman,
Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency.
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