One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Navigating Your Public Assistance Disaster Recovery Administrative Cost Options
On October 5, 2018, the President signed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act[i] into law, ushering in the most significant changes to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in a generation. Over the last few weeks, I have responded to several calls from subrecipients seeking clarity related to their administrative costs, primarily because for all major disasters and emergencies declared between August 1, 2017 and October 5, 2018, they now have multiple options in choosing how FEMA treats those costs. The short answer is—when given options, one size doesn’t fit all.
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