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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]
BILLING CODE 9111-23-P


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