Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) in Washington

How FEMA 97.036 meets Washington place of performance

CFDA 97.036 is titled DISASTER GRANTS - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTERS). Filtered to Washington place of performance, obligations sum to $2,893,833,237.64 on 22 awards. The national Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) hub includes every state. Washington's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,893,833,237.64 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of storms, counties, or applicants in Seattle, Spokane, or Olympia.

Public Assistance often posts as a modest number of large assistance instruments that can bundle many project worksheets. The join does not name recipients, split Puget Sound and the Columbia Basin, or count storms, counties, or applicants. Packet facts stop at $2,893,833,237.64, 22 awards, WA, and 97.036. Correlation is not causation.

97.036 is not hazard mitigation or Individual Assistance in Washington

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (CFDA 97.039) and Individual Assistance sit on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,893,833,237.64 would invent a broader total than this 97.036 × WA cell contains. Facts available: Washington, CFDA 97.036, $2,893,833,237.64, 22 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and storm, county, or applicant counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters), not a ranking of Washington outcomes. Dividing $2,893,833,237.64 by 22 yields about $131.54 million per award—a bundled public-assistance instrument, not a typical household insurance check. Unique recipients are unpublished. 22 is not a count of storms, counties, or applicants.

Questions

How much FEMA Public Assistance is obligated in Washington?

USAspending.gov shows $2,893,833,237.64 in CFDA 97.036 obligations coded to Washington across 22 awards. The join uses the program number and Washington place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) and Washington together when citing $2,893,833,237.64.

Is this the same as FEMA hazard mitigation in Washington?

No. This cell is CFDA 97.036 only. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (CFDA 97.039) and Individual Assistance are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $2,893,833,237.64. 22 is a record count, not a storm, county, or applicant census.

Do 22 awards mean 22 disasters?

22 is a USAspending award-record count, not a storm, county, or applicant census. The implied mean is about $131.54 million per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,893,833,237.64 are not outlays. Keep Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) and Washington together when citing $2,893,833,237.64. The overlay remains the live 97.036 × WA table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal reimbursements already paid?

No. $2,893,833,237.64 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no storm, county, or applicant count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 97.036 × WA pair.