Disaster Recovery Grant Projects

The Tatum House, Mid City National Register Historic District, New Orleans, LA.

Hurricane Katrina Recovery Grant Program Final Report - National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Congress appropriated Emergency Supplemental funding from the Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF), to facilitate recovery from the natural disasters. ESHPF funds take the form of Disaster Recovery Grants directed towards State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) to distribute to their local communities. Since 2005, Disaster Recovery Grants have been awarded to SHPOs and THPOs following hurricanes Sandy, Hugo, Alberto, Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence, and Michael, and tropical storm Yutu.

Disaster Recovery Grants typically include the survey and inventory of historic resources in areas impacted by the disaster, recovery and repair of historic properties damaged during the disaster, and other disaster recovery related activities as approved by NPS. All funded repair work must substantially mitigate threats to the resource and include steps to mitigate future damages. The related People and Places articles listed here show examples of projects that have been funded and successfully completed through this program.