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THE STAFFORD ACT

The Stafford Act The Stafford Act is named after Vermont Senator Robert T Stafford. The Act is an upgradation of the 1974 disaster Relief Act, that allows the federal government to provide Technical, logistical, and financial aid to states that are stricken by disaster. Major Disaster Emergency Declaration The incident is monitored continuously by the DHS. For Potential Major Disaster the RRCC is fully or partially activated. Support aid and supplies are established along The RRCC coordinates with the states regional and field activities until a JFO is established. Based on the severity of the situation, the NRCC is called in to support the RRCC for the mission assignments and initial activations. with mobilization facilities. Liaison & Federal officers are deployed to the state of disaster. Individual Assistance • Under the individual Assistance Program there is FEMA assistance provided to individuals. • Mass care directly supports the affected people by providing basic needs like food , clothing and shelter. • Crisis counselling is offered to those affected. • Unemployment assistance is provided to people so they can quickly recover from financial disaster that they may have to undergo. Public Assistance • The federal government centralises the costs with the government , by paying 75% of the costs incurred. • For public health care the federal government promotes telehealthcare service so remote visits to the public by the doctors is possibles. • Federal licensing for medical professionals is waived so doctors can cross borders to provide care. Hazard Mitigation Assistance • Hazard Mitigation Assistance or Grant is a considerable size of the budget amount under disaster Relief FEMA. • The construction of mitigation projects is undertaken for construction and demolition of structures, reconstruction of bridges, and buildings, dry floodproofing, supplying generators, retrofitting, soil stabilization and much more projects that are undertaken on a long term and larger scale. Two ways the Stafford Act works. The Governor of the state The Federal Government nnn The state's governor will first respond to the emergency event and execute the state level's emergency plan. If the magnitude of the disaster is beyond the state's capacity, then the state government must provide a petition to The Presidential Declaration of the Stafford Act is an emergency disaster response wherein the state or states are threatened by a disaster beyond the capacity of occupation by the state government. The President can allocate the billions in the budget set aside for a national disaster relief. the Federal Government. Covid- 19 Under Stafford act The Stafford Act was invoked by President Trump in the Year 2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Pandemic had started to cause its effects in the US across all states. Wherein an Emergency Relief Plan on a national level was an inevitable decision. The Stafford Act was implemented nationwide and resources were made available on a across the nation. The sta Ford Act covers major asters such as na ural catastrophes floods, rains, forest fires, volcano, and even pandemics. It is a federal emergency assistance to the states to save and protect the lives of the people, domesticated animals, wild animals, public and private properties that are in threat due to the disaster. The government sets aside an amount in every budget to tackle such disasters. GETLEGAL .com VISIT Www.GETLEGAL.COM FOR MORE TIPS.

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A national-level law has to be mandated when the country gets affected by untimely disasters like floods, hurricanes, pandemics, terrorist attacks, to name a few. The Stafford Act is put in effect by ... the President of the United States when there is a national emergency. The declaration of the Stafford Act allows the resident to access the Emergency and Disaster Relief Funds. The states may or may not have exhausted the emergency relief funds, but there should be a clear intention to seek help from the President. The most certain case where the Stafford Act can be implemented are as follows: The state’s emergency funds must be exhausted or close to depletion. The governor must decide and confirm that the state is no more capable of handling the disaster. The governor concludes that the state cannot handle the disaster with the available resource and seek the President’s intervention. The background of Stafford Law The Stafford Act was used twice in US history for health-related disaster relief. President Clinton claimed the Stafford Act for the Nile Virus outbreak, and the second one was used recently by President Trump for the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 1950 the Congress passed the Federal Disaster Relief Act that empowered the President to address an emergency on a national level. In 1988. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act was passed to provide each state a disaster relief fund. Events Leading to invoking the Stafford Act The Stafford Act has seven titles. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)exercises its power and resources to the disaster-stricken states. It allows the local governments to handle the situation better as there is a gush of additional relief resources. Once the ‘ FEMA STATE AGREEMENT’ contract is signed, the relief operations under disaster management are out in place. A few of them are as below: Verify the disaster affected locations and set the parameters Consideration of the exact areas in need of disaster relief operations Types of relief help and operation required. Cost-sharing terms and conditions Rehabilitation design and resources Total time frame design for the disaster relief management Once individual states are under the FEMA agreement, there are several resources distributed to the local governments. Specifically, under the Stafford Act, there are three types of resources available. Individual disaster Disaster relief that the relief operations on an individual level. This kind of relief operation takes care of businesses and individuals that require immediate assistance. Public Assistance Under the Stafford Act, there is a separate funding resource and relief operations expertise utilized for the state and the local government. Hazard Mitigation Assistance Any state that has been affected by a disaster like a hurricane, pandemic, terrorist attack, several department relief functions come into the picture. These include businesses, housing, farming, rehabilitation of the disaster-affected population, and environmental concerns. The Stanford Act puts in place all the three concerns during and after the FEMA relief operations. The role of the President for invoking the Stafford Act Once the President has invoked the Stanford Act, the reserve of Billions of Dollars disaster relief operations is up to overcome the situation with the best practices. The President can also forego the gubernatorial request from the states for emergency relief and put the Federal Government in charge of the relief operations. The Stafford Act also declares Public Health emergency reforms like COVID 19, where President Trump. However, quarantining the general public is a decision that has to be taken after consulting the Health and Human Services under the Social Security Act Section 1135 and the Public Health Services Act Section 319. Summary The Stafford Act is defined by Federal Assistance provided to the states if depletion of the resources or the relief measure is a call beyond the state’s capacity. It gets invoked to protect and save the life, business, and livelihoods. Along with environmental disasters, disease, plague, pandemics are to be dealt with under the FEMA rules, policies, and guidance to tackle the emergency relief operations under the Stafford Act. There is a relief fund and shared cost model where Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) aid provision is supplied to the states. The aid makes sure that the funds and resources used are only provided directly to the cause. For more information visit: https://www.getlegal.com/the-stafford-act/

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