Plain explanations of the federal programs, regulations, and insurance mechanisms this firm works in every day. Written for tribal emergency managers, program directors, contracting officers, capture managers, claims professionals, and counsel who need the working version rather than the statute.
Without a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan, a tribal nation cannot receive HMGP, BRIC or FMA funding as a recipient. What is at stake, and how to close the gap before the next declaration.
ReadWhat a federally recognized tribe must have on file to receive Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding, the five year update clock, and the elements FEMA reviewers score.
ReadDirect tribal declaration or subrecipient under a state. What each pathway costs in control and in administrative burden, and how the damage record decides the request.
ReadMitigation planning is fundable under FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance, and recovery consulting through Public Assistance management costs. How each funding path works and who pays for the consultant.
ReadHow FEMA reduces grant funding by insurance proceeds, the five places applicants lose money at that seam, and what a reconciliation that survives audit contains.
ReadWhat the appraisal panel decides, what it cannot decide, how umpire selection and the award actually work, and how to prepare a scope that holds up.
ReadWhere the firm takes expert witness, party-appointed appraisal, umpire and ADR engagements, including Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado and Georgia, and how licensure affects each role.
ReadA sourced, neutral status board covering BRIC after its restoration, HMGP, the 2024 Tribal Declarations Interim Guidance, PAPPG Version 5, and the FEMA Review Council report. Dated and linked to primary sources.
ReadWhat 541620 covers, why hazard mitigation and resilience planning is competed under it, and how primes can use a Native American owned small business on that code.
ReadOklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Hazard profile, tribal presence, and what this firm delivers across the region.
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Okla Risk Advisors is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. The firm does not act as a public adjuster and does not represent policyholders. The firm is not affiliated with or endorsed by FEMA, DHS, SBA, BIA, IHS, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, or any other government or tribal government. Indian Economic Enterprise status is self-certified under the Buy Indian Act and the SBA 8(a) application is pending. Read the full disclosures.