FEMA Disaster Declaration

On March 13 Massachusetts received an Emergency Declaration (FEMA-3438-EM) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  FEMA grant assistance is provided to applicants for eligible costs associated with Category B, Emergency Protective Measures.  Your Emergency Management Directors have received notice of this funding from MEMA, and have been encouraged to log into their Grants Portal account and complete the Request for Public Assistance (RPA).  The Disaster Declaration Number is FEMA-3438-EM, which is now active in Grants Portal.  Your EMD’s email address is their portal username.  If your town is not a registered user, there is a registration form at https://frcog.org/covid-19-resources/.  We encourage you to forward this information to any private non-profit entity in your community (especially the medical facilities) who may have eligible emergency protective measure costs and direct them to the same form to return to MEMA at disaster.recovery@mass.gov

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