Notice2026-02683
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management
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Published
February 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information collected for a FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management (DCM) program implemented following a major disaster declaration.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6234-6235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02683]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2025-0047; OMB No. 1660-0152]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Reinstatement and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of
a previously approved information collection for which approval has
expired. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning information
collected for a FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management (DCM)
program implemented following a major disaster declaration.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information
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Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, email
address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de989b939ff397b0b8b1acb3bfaab7b1b0f39db1b2b2bbbdaab7b1b0adf393bfb0bfb9bbb3bbb0aa9eb8bbb3bff0bab6adf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6b0b3bbb7dbbf989099849b97829f9998dbb5999a9a9395829f999885dbbb97989791939b939882b690939b97d8929e85d8919980">[email protected]</span></a> or Heather
Spadaro, Section Chief, Community Services Section, Individual
Assistance Division, 202-646-3642, and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f197949c90dc9980df928282b197949c90df959982df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c3a39313d71342d723f2f2f1c3a39313d7238342f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 12148, as
amended by E.O. 12673 and E.O. 13286, the President of the United
States has delegated to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
including FEMA, the authority to provide case management services
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5189d. Under the Stafford Act,
FEMA may provide DCM services directly to survivors through financial
assistance to State, Tribal, or local government agencies or qualified
private organizations. DCM services include identifying and addressing
disaster-caused unmet needs of survivors through identification of, and
referrals to, available resources. A disaster-caused unmet need is an
un-resourced item, support, or assistance that has been assessed and
verified as necessary for a survivor to recover from a disaster. This
may include food, clothing, shelter, first aid, emotional and spiritual
care, household items, home repair, or rebuilding. When a case manager
speaks to a survivor, they will ask the survivor to provide information
through a series of questions (data elements), as outlined within the
intake form. This will allow the case manager to better understand the
survivor's disaster-caused unmet needs, to identify what types of
referrals the case manager may provide, and to decide whether there is
a need to meet again to address continuing disaster-caused unmet needs.
Case managers then type the responses to the data elements into their
proprietary electronic secured case management database.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on August 1, 2025, at 90 FR 36167 with a 60-day public
comment period. One public comment was received (FEMA-2025-0047-0002)
that suggests changes to the overall Disaster Case Management Program,
but not germane to these collection forms. The purpose of this notice
is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information
collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for
review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management.
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0152.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-146, Administered DCM Intake
Form; and FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-147, Consent Form.
Abstract: This collection tool will primarily be used as a guide to
support FEMA-administered DCM case managers by outlining the allowable
data elements they can collect from survivors on behalf of FEMA. While
there will be a paper collection tool, the case managers will primarily
be using the tool as a reference for data elements they can collect and
using their own case management database systems to guide the order in
which the elements are collected. The elements within the tool are used
to assess, screen, and refer disaster survivors to available resources
that address their specific disaster-related unmet needs. Case managers
then take the information from the intake form and manually upload the
data into their secured case management database. Prior to any data
collection, survivors will complete and sign a FEMA administered DCM
Consent Form, authorizing FEMA, or its agent, to collect data from the
survivor in order to effectively provide case management services.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,750.
Estimated Number of Responses: 30,750.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 19,680.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $932,045.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $51,693,869.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Nigel S. Allicock,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2026-02683 Filed 2-10-26; 8:45 am]
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