Apply for Assistance

Step 1 - Before You Apply

Short Term Needs

Disaster Recovery Center Locator
Get Food & Water
Search Available Housing
Return Home Safely
Cope with Stress

Step 2 - Apply For Assistance

Apply Online

Apply by Phone:

Call (800) 621-3362.
Call TTY (800) 462-7585 for people with speech or hearing disabilities.
Trouble getting through?
Need additional information?

Step 3 - After You Apply

Check the status of your application
Okay, I'm registered, what next?
If You Received Assistance (What can I spend money on?)
If You Were Denied Assistance
If You Move, or Get a New Phone Number
Making a payment to FEMA

Long Term Needs

Clean up the Damage
Rebuild Smarter & Stronger

Disaster Recovery Center Locator

A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is a readily accessible facility or mobile office where applicants may go for information about FEMA or other disaster assistance programs, or for questions related to your case.

Housing Portal

The FEMA Housing Portal is intended to help individuals and families, who have been displaced by a disaster, find a place to live.

Report False Damage Claims

If you suspect someone is filing false damage claims, please report it. Help FEMA make sure that disaster aid goes only to those who deserve it. It is a violation of federal law to file a false claim.

Report a false damage claim:

Call 1 (800) 323-8603
Disaster Fraud Hotline

Last Modified: Wednesday, 11-Aug-2010 21:33:33 EDT

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
500 C Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20472
(202) 646-2500