Notice2026-19856
Notice of Award Amount Adjustment for Serious Needs Assistance
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Published
September 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
FEMA gives notice of the award amount for Serious Needs Assistance provided under the Individuals and Households Program for emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 61431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19856]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2026-0001]
Notice of Award Amount Adjustment for Serious Needs Assistance
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice of the award amount for Serious Needs
Assistance provided under the Individuals and Households Program for
emergencies and major disasters declared on or after October 1, 2025.
DATES: This adjustment applies to emergencies and major disasters
declared on or after October 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Usher, Recovery Directorate,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC
20472, (202) 212-1000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA regulations at 44 CFR 206.119(b)(1)
prescribe that FEMA will annually adjust the award amount for Serious
Needs Assistance (SNA) provided under the Individuals and Households
Program. FEMA gives notice that the award amount for SNA provided to an
individual or household under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to any single
emergency or major disaster is $790. The increase in award amount is
for any single emergency or major disaster declared on or after October
1, 2025.
FEMA bases the adjustment on an increase in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers of 2.9 percent for the 12-month period,
which ended in August 2025. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor released the information on September 11, 2025.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.048, Federal Disaster
Assistance to Individuals and Households in Presidentially Declared
Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster
Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to
Individuals and Households--Other Needs.
Cameron Hamilton,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2026-19856 Filed 9-28-26; 8:45 am]
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