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Delaware Emergency Management Agency

Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery focuses on restoring, redeveloping, and revitalizing communities impacted by a disaster. Recovery is a shared responsibility involving everyone – individuals, communities, local, state, and federal governments. When communities and stakeholders work together, recovery efforts are more effective, efficient, and timely.

Please review the following recovery programs below to see which best applies to you.

Individual Assistance

  • Individuals
  • Homeowners
  • Renters

Recovery resources and other needs assistance

Public Assistance

  • Government
  • Private Non-Profit Organizations

Provides funding to repair infrastructure and restore public services after a disaster

Hazard Mitigation

  • Public Awareness
  • Government Officials

Reducing or eliminating long-term risks to life, property, and infrastructure from natural, human-caused, and technological hazards

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Help Us, Help You!

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Individual damage reports are crucial to help get available resources to where they are needed most. Damage reports also support emergency official requests for additional funding which aid disaster victims in recovery.

To learn more about reporting damages, please visit our Report Your Damages page.