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Projects that cost less than $131,100 are considered small funding requests. Any work status and cost basis are eligible for a small funding request.
To get an activity covered, the organization must list the following costs connected to the activity:
- Labor
- Equipment
- Contracts
- Materials and supplies
- Other costs
Organizations must have their request for public assistance approved before they can submit a funding request.
- Obtain grants portal id and password
- Grantee.fema.gov and use credentials to sign in
- Accept privacy notice and government site
- Finish setting up account if first time logging in
- If your organization is declared for a public assistance event you will see this banner, click the blue hyperlink
- Read through and click next
- Select event you are requesting assistance for and select yes/no for participated in PDA (preliminary damage assessments)
- Fill out primary contact information
- Verify addresses on 4th tab
- Type any additional information if necessary
- Review information and submit
- Blue screen means RPA has been submitted
Organizations must have their request for public assistance approved before they can submit a funding request.
- My organization>Applicant Event Profile> Choose correct one
- Blue submit project application button
- First will be brought to help page read through and submit
- Section 1 – Project Application Information
- Assign an application # and title
- Read and click check box and click submit
- Section 2 – Scope of Work
- Brief description of activities
- Fill out the checklist
- Some activities will require additional paperwork
- Select location and hit proceed
- Upload documents if necessary, hit proceed
- Review information and click done with section 2
- Section 3 – Cost and Work Status
- Expedited Funding – answer necessary questions
- Under 131,100 fill out Schedule EZ
- Enter start and completion date
- Proceed
- Verify information and see what additional schedules will need to be filled out
- Hit done with Section 3
- Complete Schedules that pop up based on how you answered the questions in the previous sections
- It will let you know if there are any documents you need to upload
- Once everything has been completed, hit review and submit
- Review all information and click proceed
- Answer preparer certification questions and duplication of benefits questions
- Click to sign, read certification, sign again
- Hit submit project application



