FEMA may approve up to a three-month time extension for documented extenuating circumstances. An additional three months has been granted for a small number of catastrophic disasters that demonstrated a need for continuing services. The amount of time available to address anniversary activities depends on the grant period. A program that is phasing down around the anniversary may not be able to meet the increased demand for services generated by anniversary activities. The grant period also reflects the order in which the CCPs were implemented.
Programs typically draw on experiences from previous disasters.
Training materials and other information included as attachments for one disaster may have been developed for a previous disaster. An extensive disaster description is a required element of the regular services application, but not of quarterly or final reports. Most states elected to include at least a condensed disaster description in their final report. Though brief, the descriptions provide the reader with the particular characteristics of each disaster. Project titles or logos were not provided for all disasters.