FEMA Housing Relief Request
Expedite the Property Damage Aid Application Process
States, counties, cities, and regional governments can play a major role in helping citizens secure funds from FEMA for housing losses that resulted from a natural disaster. An integrated digital form–workflow automation–eSignature solution makes the process much faster and easier.
Challenge
Most citizens either aren’t aware that they can solicit FEMA directly for housing funds in the wake of a catastrophic event or simply don’t know the process for doing so.
Solution
SimpliGov:
- Helps convert existing PDF or paper FEMA forms into dynamic digital ones
- Expedites the collection of mortgage, insurance, landlord, taxes, utility expense, rent, income, and property description (manufacturer, color, size, model number, serial number, condition, age) data
- Shepherds applicants through each section of the application with detailed instructions
- Allows users to save in-progress submissions and continue completion later
- Calculates depreciation and replacement costs according to your municipality’s and FEMA’s guidelines
- Automatically emails completed applications to the appropriate FEMA representative—no more USPS mailing of applications
- Streamlines and records follow-up questions and correspondence between applicants and employees from your agency and FEMA
Features Used: Workflow Automation | Smart Forms | Document Generation | SimpliSign
SimpliGov in Action
- Intuitive digital form builder with customizable fields, dropdown menus, yes/no buttons, checkboxes, and text boxes
- Prebuilt and tailorable form templates
- SimpliForms capability—import and convert existing FEMA request form PDFs
- Autopopulation of fields (e.g., fill in zip code upon completion of address)
- Conditional logic (e.g., reveal different fields for renters and homeowners)
- Translation support for dozens of languages
- Workflow automation to route assistance requests to agency employees and completed forms to FEMA representatives
- Autogenerated email alerts sent to employees who need to address issues or questions
- Correspondence among applicants, agency, and FEMA recorded and archived with audit trails
- Dashboard to retrieve application status
- Generation of reports by renter/homeowner, income, zip code, income level, or other field
- Integration with existing legacy applications
- No-code architecture for quick go-live
- SimpliSign electronic signature add-on
Benefits
- Start the disaster recovery process quickly
- Government helps deliver vital housing assistance in time of crisis
- State, local, and regional governments act as a sturdy bridge between citizens and federal government
- More submissions processed in significantly less time
- Drastic reduction in errors and returned incomplete/inaccurate applications
- Compliance with state and federal reporting standards
Ready to begin?
Automating your processes need not be a daunting task. Contact us and we will show you how SimpliGov can help you achieve your goals in record time.
Ready to begin?
Automating your processes need not be a daunting task. Contact us and we will show you how SimpliGov can help you achieve your goals in record time.
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