Services
DISASTER RECOVERY EXPERTS
Integrity and Reliability in Disaster Recovery
DRE specializes in supporting public agencies with securing, managing, and administering disaster-related funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program, Individual Assistance (IA) Program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program, and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA). Our team has successfully guided numerous jurisdictions through the complexities of FEMA and Cal OES programs, helping maximize reimbursement, maintain audit readiness, and ensure compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and policies.
Our services support the full disaster recovery lifecycle, beginning with Initial Damage Estimates (IDE) immediately following an incident and Joint FEMA-State Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDA), and continuing through the development of Project Worksheets (PW), detailed damage descriptions and dimensions (DDD), scopes of work (SOW), cost estimates, and grant application development, through project closeout. DRE provides technical assistance in identifying eligible costs, preparing reimbursement requests, developing hazard mitigation proposals under Sections 404 and 406 of the Stafford Act, and supporting debris management and infrastructure recovery efforts. DRE also assists clients with expenditure tracking, documentation organization, appeals, compliance reviews, and audit preparation.
DRE, Inc. is an advocate of consulting directly with local governments during the Initial Damage Estimate (IDE) process for Cal OES and the Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) with FEMA. This focus on the local governments allows DRE, Inc. to better View More
Public Assistance Consulting Services and Assistance
DRE, Inc. will provide Counties and Operational Area partners with services designed to help maximize FEMA’s reimbursement under the Stafford Act and Cal OES’ funding under the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA), as well as other available programs. View More
Hazard Mitigation Consulting Services and Assistance
DRE, Inc. is available to assist and augment Counties and Operational area resources with hazard mitigation assistance program-related activities including meshing the CDBG funding, from planning services through project implementation. In support of View More
Debris Management and Planning Services and Support
Our team includes very experienced, all hazards’ debris experts who have hands-on experience directly managing some of California’s most challenging and complex debris operations in state history. With this expertise comes the knowledge to support all levels View More
Compliance Consulting and Support
DRE, Inc. is committed to ensuring compliance during all phases of disaster recovery including debris management and construction/repair projects. DRE, Inc. understands the consequences of not completely complying with all of FEMA’s Environmental View More
Emergency Planning, Disaster Preparedness & Response Consulting and Support
Our team includes experienced, all hazards’ planners to support the evaluation, creation and/or revision of required planning documents in support of Counties’ disaster response and recovery operations and to ensure View More
What to Expect
Our team will work with its local government partners to develop grant management recovery strategies that include but are not limited to:
- Assisting with state and federal recovery grant management and assisting in post-disaster recovery management to analyze immediate and long-term recovery needs, considering impacted populations, and identifying available resources to help rebuild. This includes assisting with recovery efforts under State and Federal aid programs (FEMA and Cal OES specifically).
- Providing technical assistance with state and federal recovery policies and grant programs.
- Providing support for strategic planning and coordination of all recovery efforts across the operational area.
- Assisting with compiling and presenting documentation for state and federal grant programs to ensure maximum cost recovery.
- Assisting with management of FEMA and/or other federal grants, coordinating with Cal OES, arranging for routine status/action plan meetings, establishing priorities, scope changes, and updates at meetings.
- Managing deliverables for FEMA and Cal OES. Working with local government partners to develop a Grant Management System that efficiently and effectively monitors and tracks the progress of each grant and ensures efficient cost recovery for all partners.
- Providing assistance and support to local government partners with procurement and financial management, such as interfacing with internal staff, to ensure procurement and fiscal processes adhere to FEMA federal grants criteria.
- Identifying potential improvements and maximizing 404 and 406 Mitigation funding.
- Coordinating with and providing support and resources to impacted business and residents.
- Providing support to local government partners including all counties, cities, private non-profits and special districts.
- Disaster preparedness, response, and recovery consulting services.
- Planning, training, and exercise support services.
- Damage evaluation of public-owned facilities and infrastructure in support of the comprehensive damage assessment process.
- Debris management and planning services.
- Development of a comprehensive financial recovery strategy designed to maximize funding from all available sources, including FEMA and other federal agencies.
- FEMA Public Assistance program guidance with respect to eligibility, recovery strategy, and options.
- Formulating project worksheets (PW) fully coordinated with the insurance claim settlement process.
- Hazard mitigation planning, project proposals and program management activities and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administration.
- Providing coordination, assistance and support to small businesses applying for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans; and
- Providing coordination, assistance and support to agricultural partners navigating the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and/or the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) programs.