Opportunity Overview
FEMA DR-4942-IA Public Assistance is an Iowa-administered federal disaster-recovery opportunity for the July 1-4, 2026 severe storms and flooding. Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) lists the declaration date as September 1, 2026 and the Request for Public Assistance deadline as October 1, 2026.
Designated Area and Eligibility
Public Assistance is available in Jasper, Polk, Story, and Warren counties. Eligible applicants include state, local, tribal, and territorial governmental entities and certain private nonprofit organizations that provide qualifying essential public services and have eligible disaster-related work or damage. FEMA’s declaration data identifies Public Assistance Categories A-G for DR-4942-IA.
Funding and Cost Share
There is no single fixed per-applicant award ceiling published for this declaration. Public Assistance reimbursement is tied to eligible, documented disaster work and costs under FEMA program rules. Atlas does not infer a project-specific federal/state/local cost-share percentage without the controlling declaration and project documentation.
Deadline and Submission
Iowa HSEM publishes an October 1, 2026 Request for Public Assistance deadline. The current Iowa HSEM Public Assistance page does not state a closing clock time or time zone for that deadline, so Atlas does not infer one. Applicants should use the Iowa/FEMA Public Assistance process and current Grants Portal instructions.
Healthcare Relevance
This opportunity can be highly relevant to eligible nonprofit healthcare facilities, hospitals, EMS/public-safety entities, and local governments in the four designated counties when they have qualifying storm or flood damage, emergency protective work, debris-removal costs, or eligible facility-repair needs. Applicant-specific disaster impact must be verified; location alone does not establish eligibility.
Atlas Assessment
Atlas Opportunity Score: 78/100. N9+ Fit: 5/100 conditional. QC Healthcare Fit: 20/100 conditional. This is a disaster-recovery reimbursement program, not a healthcare-technology procurement. N9+ or other clinical technology must not be introduced in ordinary ORIGINAL outreach and could only be considered later if it is directly tied to eligible disaster restoration, replacement, code-compliant mitigation, procurement, and FEMA/Iowa allowability.
Required Next Action
Identify only organizations in Jasper, Polk, Story, or Warren County with authoritative evidence of qualifying July 1-4, 2026 disaster impact and an eligible Public Assistance applicant type. Before ORIGINAL outreach, verify the applicant’s damage/work facts, current RPA status, verified business Contact, Email_Opt_Out, permanent-bounce status, Account/Contact/Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue deduplication, and authoritative prior-send history. Do not infer disaster damage or eligibility from county location alone.