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Overview of Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

Overview of Personal Assistance Services (PAS). Peggy Mott FEMA, Individual Assistance Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Branch November 14, 2013. Purpose.

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Overview of Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

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  1. Overview of Personal Assistance Services(PAS) Peggy Mott FEMA, Individual Assistance Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Branch November 14, 2013

  2. Purpose • To provide an overview of the FEMA’s Personal Assistance Services contract, which is implemented during Presidentially declared disasters to assist people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs to maintain their independence in general population shelters.

  3. History • FEMA is required by law to provide equal assistance to people with disabilities and other access and functional needs support

  4. Concept • The PAS contract is intended to augment local/State Home Health Aide services or to provide support that an individual’s family/friends would normally provide to ensure that basic needs are met in general population shelters.

  5. Services Provided • PAS staff provide services 24/7: • Basic Personal Care: grooming, eating, bathing, toileting, dressing, walking, transferring • Higher Level of Care: changing dressing on wounds, administering medications, respiratory care – when permitted under State, Tribal, Territorial law

  6. Request Process • Following a Presidential Declaration of Emergency or Major Disaster: • State verifies unmet need for PAS support • State requests support from FEMA • State agrees to cost share • FEMA activates the PAS contract

  7. Time Frame for Deployment • Once a Task Order is issued and funding is secured, the contractor can deploy a maximum of 50 PAS staff in the first 24 hours • Minimum deployment time expands to 48 hours for jurisdictions outside of the continental United States

  8. Responsibilities of Contractor • The Contractor is responsible for providing PAS staff with: • Transportation • Lodging • Supplies • Supervision

  9. References • Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended • DAP 9580.210 Personal Assistance Services in Shelters, November 16, 2012 http://www.fema.gov/9500-series-policy-publications • Guidance on Planning for Personal Assistance Services in General Population Shelters, November 2010 http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/odic/fnss_guidance.pdf • This PAS Guidance is an appendix of the Guidance on Planning for Integration of Functional Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters

  10. For Additional Information Younga Kim FEMA – Individual Assistance Division Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Branch Email: Younga.Kim@fema.dhs.gov Telephone: 202.212.1014 Cell: 312.927.0775

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