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FEMA Public Assistance Consulting
KMA is a Florida based company, helping Florida communities recover from Ian.
FEMA Public Assistance for Hurricane Ian
Let our experts on FEMA Public Assistance help you file and provide a complete submission to FEMA
Call: 833-231-4999 before filing deadline of 10/29/2022
We prepare the following for Public Assistance under FEMA's Stafford Act declaration.
Don't navigate the complex requirements and deadlines by yourself. Let KMA put their FEMA experts to work for you.
We assess damages from Hurricane Ian. (Costs associated with assessing damage sites are eligible for reimbursement by FEMA as Direct Administrative Costs)
KMA works with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, private nonprofits (PNP), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support disaster recovery. Under the Public Assistance (PA) Program, FEMA can provide funding to SLTTs and PNPs after a Presidential Disaster Declaration to support debris removal, emergency protective measures (e.g., sheltering, search/rescue, etc.), permanent facility restoration, and hazard mitigation projects. Our services are tailored to the specific needs of our clients through every step of the PA process.
OUR APPROACH
Our approach to the recovery process focuses on developing effective communications and strong partnerships between PA applicants, recipients at the state, tribal, or territorial level, and FEMA.
We believe our clients are best served by resolving disputes up front to minimize time-consuming and costly appeals. This allows our clients to claim all eligible PA costs, execute recovery projects promptly, and close out grants in a timely and efficient manner.
Recent adjustments to the PA Program have made it even more critical to leverage KMA’s deep knowledge and understanding. Depending on the date of the disaster, different rules and requirements apply. Congress has passed multiple laws to amend the PA Program and FEMA recently implemented a new delivery model that leverages a grants portal system. Fortunately, our professionals include former FEMA employees and PA experts in cost estimating, grants management, hazard mitigation, insurance, procurement, contracting, and overall policy. This allows our clients to draw from a deep bench of expertise and experience to create customized recovery solutions.
SECTION 428 ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROCEDURES
FEMA’s Section 428 Public Assistance Alternative Procedures (PAAP) Program provides financial incentives for timely and cost-effective PA project completion. It allows our clients to focus on how to best achieve an outcome-driven community recovery while reducing the administrative burden of the standard PA Program.
The goals of this program include:
- Reduce costs to the federal government of providing PA funding.
- Increase the flexibility of administering that assistance; and
- Expedite assistance to SLTTs or PNPs for restoring and protecting damaged facilities.
We understand the nuances of Alternative Procedures; and, based on client recovery needs, we advise if Section 428 is the best path to PA funding. This includes determining if project cost estimates are sufficient to accept capped Alternative Procedures funding for permanent work and how to leverage the full range of flexibilities available.
THE DISASTER RECOVERY REFORM ACT
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) of 2018 includes 56 provisions that amend FEMA policy or regulation – including significant changes to the PA Program. It fundamentally alters how SLTTs and private non-profits (PNPs) must understand FEMA assistance – and it is still not fully implemented more than two years after it was signed into law.
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KMA is a Florida based company, helping Florida communities recover from Ian.
FEMA Public Assistance for Hurricane Ian
Call: 833-231-4999 before filing deadline of 10/29/2022
How We Help:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, help is available from FEMA and from your insurance company, but you and your organization may be too maxed out to reach out for it. Let KMA help.
If your organization is a public entity or a qualified non-profit entity and you have experienced a disaster that is covered under the Stafford Act, Kent Mayfair & Associates LL can help:
· Prepare and submit the application for disaster assistance before the deadline for Hurricane Ian, October 29, 2022.
· Inspect, estimate, and document the damaged facilities to document your claim for recovery.
· We will work with your team or our team of general contractors, project managers, loss consultant, attorneys, accountants, and engineers to present the package required by FEMA and the insurance company,
· If needed, we can bring in our extensive resources such as roofers, water mitigation, contractors, estimators and more to prepare a cost package for rebuilding your facility in a way that will be approved for reimbursement by FEMA.
· Help you keep records and documentation required by FEMA and other entities such as SBA and your insurance carrier.
· Review your insurance policy to make sure that there are no duplication or gap of coverage. What your insurance doesn’t cover, we can submit to FEMA for consideration.
· It is the applicant’s responsibility (your responsibility) to prove damages and submit a completed grant package and documentation by certain timelines and according to the rules. If your staff does not have the knowledge or time to do so, we will take on this function. (Costs associated with assessing damage sites are eligible for reimbursement by FEMA as Direct Administrative Costs)
Our FEMA PA consultants have completed thousands of site inspections in prior FEMA declared disasters for infrastructures such as schools, hospitals, municipal offices, airports, and non-profit house of worships. We will provide you with an estimate of the damage to your building and other required documentation by FEMA so that you can receive maximum reimbursement.
Our FEMA PA consultants have worked for FEMA on prior declared disasters at every level of the grant approval process. Our insurance consultants have worked for insurance companies as part of the management team and know the insurance requirements. The combination of our FEMA Public Assistance experts and our Insurance Loss experts in one company makes us the right partner to accompany you to reach full recovery, quickly and efficiently.
You are not alone
KMA adjusters and risk managers have over 40 years of expertise in negotiating commercial and high net worth claims with insurance companies. Our consultants are ex adjusters and claims executives, with depth of knowledge and experience in the claims processes and insurance coverages.
Call or email KMA for a free consultation (727) 388-5259