• Grants can pay for damages resulting from disasters.flood image by Gail Ranney from Fotolia.com
  
  Grants are available to cover the damages caused by hurricane, earthquakes, fires, floods, droughts, oil spills and any other incidents that are recognized as disasters. These grants can pay for the renovation and construction costs of damaged roads, buildings and structures, as well as reimburse businesses for losses resulting from the disaster.
  
  

Highway Planning and Construction

• The U.S. Department of Transportation sponsors the Highway Planning and Construction program, which provides grants for the planning and development of an integrated, interconnected system that is important to interstate commerce and travel. Grants can be used to pay the costs of construction and renovation of public roads damaged by a natural disaster, as well as those that are part of the Eisenhower Interstate System and the National Highway System. Eligible applicants include each state’s Department of Transportation.
  
  Department of Transportation
  
  1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
  
  Washington, DC 20590
  
  202-366-9494
  
  fhwa.dot.gov
  
  

Emergency Conservation Program

• The Emergency Conservation Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provides financial assistance to farmers to rehabilitate their farmland after being damaged by a natural disaster. Grants can also be used to implement emergency conservation measures either to control wind erosion of farmland or to save water during severe periods of drought. Producers who as landlords, owners, tenants and sharecroppers bear some of the costs of implementing conservation practices are eligible to apply for these grants.
  
  USDA
  
  Stop 0513
  
  1400 Independence Ave SW
  
  Washington, DC 20250-0513
  
  202-720-6221
  
  fsa.usda.gov
  
  

Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program

• The Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program provides financial assistance to producers who experience loss of inventory, low yields and/or are unable to plant because of a natural disaster. Eligible crops include those produced on a commercial scale and cannot be insured, such as food (oats, honey, mushrooms), value loss items (Christmas trees, ornamental nursery and turf grass sod) and other products. Producers who are landowners, tenants, or sharecroppers who takes part in the risk of producing eligible crops can apply for these grants. Also to be eligible, a producer’s nonfarm adjusted gross income cannot exceed $500,000 per year.
  
  Mark Palmer
  
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  
  Farm Service Agency
  
  Public Affairs Staff
  
  1400 Independence Ave SW
  
  STOP 0506
  
  Washington, DC 20250-0506
  
  202-720-3865
  
  fsa.usda.gov