The Individual & Households/Other Needs Assistance Program (ONA) provides financial assistance to individuals or households who sustain damage or develop serious needs because of a natural or man-made disaster. The funding share is 75% federal funds and 25% state funds. The ONA program provides grants for necessary expenses and serious needs that cannot be provided for by insurance, another federal program, or other source of assistance.
Current maximum allowable amount for any one disaster to individuals or families is $25,000
Program funds for disaster-related necessary expenses and serious needs, including the following categories:
- personal property;
- transportation;
- medical and dental;
- funeral;
- essential tools;
- flood insurance;
- moving and storage.
In accordance with the Stafford Act, the program is initiated by inclusion in the Governor’s request for a presidential declaration.
The ONA Program is not intended to indemnify a victim against disaster losses or to purchase or replace items or provide services that could be characterized as non-essential, luxury, recreational, or decorative. The program provides individuals or households with assistance to recover from a disaster and establish a habitable and sanitary living environment.
Kansas Emergency Management administers the ONA Program in cooperation with the federal government.
