PURPOSE
A. The purpose of the disaster assistance payment is to provide disaster assistance to eligible clients to mitigate needs and/or expenses due to a county, Governor, or federally declared disaster. The payment shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per client, per disaster. B. The disaster assistance payment period begins when : 1. A county, and/or; 2. Governor, and/or; 3. Federal government declares a disaster. C. The disaster assistance payment period ends when there is no longer: 1. A county, and/or; 2. Governor, and/or; 3. Federally declared disaster. D. In cases where the effects of the disaster appear after the disaster declaration has been rescinded, the client may petition for disaster assistance which may be granted at the county director’s or director designee’s discretion.