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Comparing Normal and Freeze Recovery Programs: Understanding Emergency Assistance Options

This article examines the differences between standard recovery programs and those activated during the 2007 freeze event. It outlines the types of available assistance, including Public Assistance for agencies and nonprofits, and Individual Assistance for homeowners and businesses. Key points include eligibility thresholds for federal assistance under the Stafford Act, differences in state programs, and the impact of the freeze on agricultural and economic recovery. The article also discusses challenges, such as the lack of certain assistance programs and the scope of the governor's proclamation.

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Comparing Normal and Freeze Recovery Programs: Understanding Emergency Assistance Options

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  1. “Normal” vs Freeze Recovery Programs Comparing what we have in a typical emergency to what is available in an event like the 2007 freeze

  2. Types of Recovery Programs • Public Assistance (assistance to public agencies and certain private non-profit organizations) • Individual Assistance (assistance to homeowners, renters, businesses, and/or farmers)

  3. Public Assistance Programs • Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) • State Public Assistance through California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) • Federal Public Assistance under the Stafford Act

  4. “Thresholds” Federal Public Assistance: • State Threshold = $1.22 per capita (just over $41 million) • County Threshold = $3.05 per capita No set threshold for State PA

  5. Freeze Public Assistance • Not enough damage to meet Federal threshold • Governor’s 1/12/07 Proclamation was for all Counties and activated CDAA • Damage to public facilities is eligible but minimum is $2500 (after insurance) • Response costs eligible (such as warming centers) • State agencies are not eligible

  6. Individual Assistance • No state program that can be implemented independent of a federal declaration • Individual and Households Program and other assistance under the Stafford Act • US Small Business Administration loans for physical damage and/or for economic losses • US Department of Agriculture loans for crop loss

  7. Freeze Individual Assistance • USDA Primary and/or contiguous designations for 47 Counties • SBA Primary and/or contiguous designations for 52 Counties • Governor’s request for Presidential Disaster Declaration for 31 Counties – Disaster Unemployment, Food Coupons and Commodities, Crisis Counseling • No IHP (no physical damage) and former Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program no longer exists

  8. Freeze Recovery Issues • No longer have Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program • Assistance available for undocumented workers • Assistance for community based organizations • Which counties are included in “the proclamation” • Scope and duration of the emergency/impacts • Special federal legislation • Unemployment earnings exemption

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