The mission of the Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) is to provide disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners. Their goal is to improve survivor access to disaster information and make applying for disaster assistance easier. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), acts as the managing partner.

DAIP launched a website called DisasterAssistance.gov. The site allows you to:

• Find disaster assistance that meets your personal needs.
• Learn about more than 70 forms of assistance from 17 federal agencies.
• Find a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) near you.
• Get help with housing.
• Find programs to help with food and nutrition needs.
• Change the address for your Social Security, VA, or other federal benefits.
• Learn about Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for homeowners, renters, and businesses.

The site also provides resources to help you learn how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

You can learn how to handle immediate needs, like how to:

• Evacuate or shelter in place.
• Find emergency shelter.
• Get food and water.
• Handle emergency medical situations until help arrives.
• Find family, friends, and even lost pets.

You can even read the latest disaster news feeds, find other recovery help, and learn how to move forward.

Web pages

• Find disaster assistance - www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/find-assistance
• 70 forms of assistance from 17 federal agencies - www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/by-category-or-agency
• Apply online - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/DAC-RI/en/assessment/captcha
• Check status of application - https://secure.login.gov/
• Find a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) near you - www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/forms-of-assistance/4627
• Housing help - www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/housing
• Food and nutrition help - www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/by-category-or-agency?field_categories_target_id%5B219%5D=219
• Change of address for your Social Security, VA, or other federal benefits
  • SS: www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/forms-of-assistance/4510
  • VA: www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/forms-of-assistance/4698
  • Federal: www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/forms-of-assistance/4503
• SBA Loans - www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/by-category-or-agency/SBA
• Immediate Needs - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/information/immediate-needs/evacuate-or-stay-put
• Disaster News Feeds - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/information/news-feeds
• Find Other Recovery Help - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/get-assistance/other-recovery-help
• How to Move Forward - https://www.disasterassistance.gov/information/moving-forward/your-home
• Appeal a FEMA decision - https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/appealing-femas-decision-your-application-assistance