Use FEMA Grants for Intended Purpose

OKLAHOMA CITY - FEMA assistance can help pay for essential expenses due to the April-May severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding. When you receive a grant, FEMA will send you a letter that describes what the money can cover.

You should only use your grant for the expenses listed in your letter, which may include:

• Home repair or replacement
• Rent for temporary housing while you are displaced
• Essential appliances, room furnishings, and a personal or family computer damaged by the disaster
• Books, uniforms, tools, computers and other items required for school or work, including self-employment
• Repair or replacement of a primary vehicle
• Medical expenses, childcare and moving and storage expenses
• Lifesaving and life-sustaining items, including water, food, first aid, prescriptions, infant formula, breastfeeding supplies, diapers, medical supplies and equipment, personal hygiene items and fuel for transportation
• Other uninsured disaster-related expenses

If you have questions about what's eligible, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362.

Keep receipts of your disaster spending for three years. This will help you document how the money was used in case of an audit.

If you spend your grant on anything other than its purpose, FEMA will ask you to return it, and you may be ineligible for assistance in future disasters.

For the latest information about Oklahoma's recovery, visit fema.gov/disaster/4776 or fema.gov/disaster/4791. Follow FEMA Region 6 on X at x.com/FEMARegion6 or on Facebook at facebook.com/FEMARegion6/.

FEMA is committed to ensuring disaster assistance is accomplished equitably, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. Any disaster survivor or member of the public may contact the FEMA Civil Rights Office if they feel that they have a complaint of discrimination. FEMA's Civil Rights Office can be contacted at [email protected] or toll-free at 833-285-7448. Multilingual operators are available.