EMERGENCY RESPONSE & DISASTER RECOVERY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KAWERAK RESPONSE
INFORMATION LINKS
COVID-19 FACT SHEETS
USDA Home Repair Grant
Did you not receive assistance from prior programs to fix home damages from Typhoon Merbok? OR – Did you not receive enough funding to adequately fix your home?
USDA can give grant funds to low income homeowners for up to $40,675.
Funds will be available until expended. They may be used to:
- Disaster related home repair expenses (including costs incurred prior to application)
- Site preparation
- The cost to transfer a manufactured home
To be eligible:
- Applicants must have household incomes that do not exceed the low-limits based on their household size and region.
Learn more about the program:
NEW! Changes to FEMA Assistance
Download the presentation:
https://kawerak.org/download/fema-ia-reform/?tmstv=1710978704
Resources for Communities
Please ensure you are working on your SCERP- Small Community Emergency Response Plan. Please download the toolkit: SCERP Toolkit
If you need more information or assistance on your SCERP for your community, please contact Kawerak’s Emergency Preparedness Specialist Kevin Knowlton at 907-443-4384 or email kknowlton@kawerak.org.
TYPHOON MERBOK COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS
Diomede: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-diomede/
Gambell: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-gambell/
Koyuk: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-koyuk/
Shaktoolik: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-shaktoolik/
St Michael: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-st-michael/
Stebbins: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-stebbins/
Teller: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-teller/
COVID-19 LATEST UPDATES
Kawerak Inc buildings are OPEN to public visitation. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Masks are optional.
COVID-19 Relief Programs
Tribal COVID-19 Relief Programs:
More on CARES Funding:
Governments have discretion to determine how to tailor assistance programs they establish in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. However, such a program should be structured in such a manner as will ensure that such assistance is determined to be necessary in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and otherwise satisfies the requirements of the CARES Act and other applicable law.
For example, a per capita payment to residents of a particular jurisdiction without an assessment of individual need would not be an appropriate use of payments from the Fund. Title V of the CARES Act does not require funds to be spent on members outside the reservation or geographic area served by the Tribal government. In fact, the assumption that Tribal governments would focus on people within their geographic areas was one of the reasons Treasury used the Indian Housing Block Grant data for making the population-based allocations, which is based on the population of a tribe’s formula area.
USDA Home Repair Grant
Did you not receive assistance from prior programs to fix home damages from Typhoon Merbok? OR – Did you not receive enough funding to adequately fix your home?
USDA can give grant funds to low income homeowners for up to $40,675.
Funds will be available until expended. They may be used to:
- Disaster related home repair expenses (including costs incurred prior to application)
- Site preparation
- The cost to transfer a manufactured home
To be eligible:
- Applicants must have household incomes that do not exceed the low-limits based on their household size and region.
Learn more about the program:
NEW! Changes to FEMA Assistance
Download the presentation:
https://kawerak.org/download/fema-ia-reform/?tmstv=1710978704
Resources for Communities
Please ensure you are working on your SCERP- Small Community Emergency Response Plan. Please download the toolkit: SCERP Toolkit
If you need more information or assistance on your SCERP for your community, please contact Kawerak’s Emergency Preparedness Specialist Kevin Knowlton at 907-443-4384 or email kknowlton@kawerak.org.
TYPHOON MERBOK COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS
Diomede: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-diomede/
Gambell: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-gambell/
Koyuk: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-koyuk/
Shaktoolik: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-shaktoolik/
St Michael: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-st-michael/
Stebbins: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-stebbins/
Teller: https://kawerak.org/download/storm-assessment-teller/
COVID-19 LATEST UPDATES
Kawerak Inc buildings are OPEN to public visitation. Our hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Masks are optional.
COVID-19 Relief Programs
Tribal COVID-19 Relief Programs:
More on CARES Funding:
Governments have discretion to determine how to tailor assistance programs they establish in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. However, such a program should be structured in such a manner as will ensure that such assistance is determined to be necessary in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and otherwise satisfies the requirements of the CARES Act and other applicable law.
For example, a per capita payment to residents of a particular jurisdiction without an assessment of individual need would not be an appropriate use of payments from the Fund. Title V of the CARES Act does not require funds to be spent on members outside the reservation or geographic area served by the Tribal government. In fact, the assumption that Tribal governments would focus on people within their geographic areas was one of the reasons Treasury used the Indian Housing Block Grant data for making the population-based allocations, which is based on the population of a tribe’s formula area.