Portal Questions

Unit 6:

Individual Assistance

Instructions: This short exercise will help you assess your current understanding of Individual Assistance. Please provide the correct response(s) for each question below.

  1. Write a sequence number in front of each type of Individual Assistance to identify when in the delivery sequence the step occurs.

Individuals and Households Program (IHP) Other Needs Assistance
The Cora Brown Fund
Emergency assistance provided by voluntary organizations
Insurance
Small Business Administration (SBA) loans
IHP Housing Assistance
Additional assistance
  1. Write the letter of each type of IHP Housing Assistance next to the matching description.

A.Permanent Housing Construction
B.Repairs
C.Temporary Housing
D.Replacement / Assistance may be given before SBA loan application
Financial assistance of $10,000
Used in remote locations when other types of housing assistance are not feasible.
Can be used for existing rental units, manufactured housing, recreational vehicles, or other readily fabricated dwellings.
  1. Disaster loans are available for homeowners, renters, business owners, and nonprofit organizations. This program is administered and funded by:

Cora Brown Fund

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Department of Labor

American Red Cross

  1. What percent of the applicant’s IHP Other Needs Assistance grant is funded by FEMA?

75%

100%

50%

67%

  1. Write the letter of each Federal agency next to the description of the type of disaster assistance provided by the agency.

A.Social Security Administration
B.Internal Revenue Service
C.Farm Service Agency
D.Department of Veterans Affairs
E.Dept of Agriculture / Counseling on deducting casualty losses and other tax advice
Loans to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural operations
Financing and refinancing of mortgages
Help in replacing SS checks lost or delayed as a result of the disaster
Food donations and emergency food stamps

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Portal Questions Answer Key

Unit 6:

Individual Assistance

  1. Write a sequence number in front of each type of Individual Assistance to identify when in the delivery sequence the step occurs.

5 / Individuals and Households Program (IHP) Other Needs Assistance
7 / The Cora Brown Fund
1 / Emergency assistance provided by voluntary organizations
2 / Insurance
4 / Small Business Administration (SBA) loans
3 / IHP Housing Assistance
6 / Additional assistance
  1. Write the letter of each type of IHP Housing Assistance next to the matching description.

A.Permanent Housing Construction
B.Repairs
C.Temporary Housing
D.Replacement / B / Assistance may be given before SBA loan application
Financial assistance of $10,000
Used in remote locations when other types of housing assistance are not feasible.
Can be used for existing rental units, manufactured housing, recreational vehicles, or other readily fabricated dwellings.
D
A
C
  1. Disaster loans are available for homeowners, renters, business owners, and nonprofit organizations. This program is administered and funded by:

Cora Brown Fund

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Department of Labor

American Red Cross

  1. What percent of the applicant’s IHP Other Assistance grant is funded by FEMA?

75%

100%

50%

67%

  1. Write the letter of each Federal agency next to the description of the type of disaster assistance provided by the agency.

A.Social Security Administration
B.Internal Revenue Service
C.Farm Service Agency
D.Department of Veterans Affairs
E.Dept of Agriculture /
B
/ Counseling on deducting casualty losses and other tax advice
Loans to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural operations
Financing and refinancing of mortgages
Help in replacing SS checks lost or delayed as a result of the disaster
Food donations and emergency food stamps
C
D
A
E

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