FEMA PROGRAM AIDS DISASTER SURVIVORS WITH CRITICAL NEEDS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230110/fema-program-aids-disaster-survivors-critical-needs]


Release Date: 
Septanm 1, 2020 

SACRAMENTO, CA.--Individuals and households who have immediate or
critical needs because they are displaced from their primary dwelling
by the wildfires may be eligible for a special FEMA financial
assistance program. Covered by the Critical Needs Assistance (CNA)
program are life-saving and life-sustaining items. This includes, but
is not limited to, water, food, first aid, prescriptions, infant
formula, diapers, consumable medical supplies, durable medical
equipment, personal hygiene items, and fuel for transportation.

CNA is a one-time $500 payment per household. The State of California
requested that FEMA authorize CNA for specific geographic areas that
are expected to be inaccessible for seven days or longer. To be
eligible for CNA Applicants must request it before September 5.

Individuals and households may be eligible for CNA if the following
criteria have been met:

 	* The applicant registers with FEMA;
 	* The applicant passes identity verification;
 	* At registration, the applicant states that they have critical
needs and requests financial assistance for those needs and expenses;
 	* Their pre-disaster primary residence is located in Lake, Monterey,
Napa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, or Yolo County.
 	* The applicant is displaced from their pre-disaster primary
residence as a result of the disaster for at least seven days.