The PA program assists state, local, tribal, and territory sltt governments, along with eligible private nonprofit PNP organizations, to help communities respond to and recover from disasters

Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards awarded the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency $162.653 million on September 9, 2025, under the Disaster Grants - Public Assistance program (CFDA 97.036) to support response and recovery from presidentially declared disasters affecting Nebraska through September 30, 2026. The award funds debris removal, emergency protective measures, and restoration, repair, or replacement of qualified disaster-damaged public and private nonprofit facilities, with support for hazard mitigation and code compliance.

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, a division of the Department of Military Nebraska, administers this funding as a pass-through entity to multiple Nebraska public power districts, municipalities, school districts, and other local government entities. Sub-recipients performing electrical infrastructure reconstruction and restoration include Nebraska Public Power District (transmission line restoration, distribution system repairs, substation transition systems, and vibration dampers), Omaha Public Power District (transmission poles and substation damages), Cornhusker Public Power District (electrical work in Boone, Colfax, and Platte counties), Norris Public Power District (utility poles), Lincoln Electric System (utility poles), Butler Public Power District (electric poles, transformers, and loan interest), Burt County Public Power District (complete repairs and transition from above-ground to below-ground infrastructure), Perennial Public Power District (electric poles, transformers, and interest against bonds), and Polk County Rural Public Power District (electrical poles and transformers). Additional sub-recipients include Elkhorn Public Schools (roof damage repair), City of Fremont (electrical infrastructure, E911 satellite dish, emergency protective measures, substation frame, and debris removal), City of Wahoo (utility poles and debris removal), City of Seward (utility poles and debris removal), City of Scribner (emergency management planning), City of David City (utility repairs and generator usage), Village of Fairmont (electrical and siren repair), Dodge County Sheriff's Office (generators and emergency operations center), Northeast Nebraska Public Power District (power and transformer repairs), Southern Public Power District (electrical distribution), Loup River Public Power District (utility poles), South Central Public Power District (temporary power restoration and debris removal), and Cuming County Public Power District (electric poles and transformers). Work is performed at Lincoln, Nebraska with place of performance across multiple disaster-affected communities throughout the state.

FEMA provides federal grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the restoration, repair, or replacement of qualified disaster-damaged public and PNP facilities. The program also supports hazard mitigation and code compliance to protect facilities from future incidents.