Assistance Listing 97.035

The Department of Homeland Security administered CFDA 97.035, a pass-through grant program for families in disaster areas, with the most recent grant award issued on January 13, 2014—over twelve years ago.

This program funded emergency assistance to families affected by declared disasters through pass-through grants distributed to state and local disaster relief entities. All eight awards issued under the program between 1998 and 2014 were Project Grants, exclusively funded by the Department of Homeland Security. Award activity was sporadic: one award in 1998, two in 1999–2001, then a gap until 2011–2014, when the program issued five awards across four years before ceasing.

The program's financial data presents significant anomalies. The Department of Homeland Security obligated a reported negative $70,602 across all eight awards, with six of the eight individual awards showing negative dollar amounts (ranging from negative $126 to negative $36,749). The two awards with positive obligations—a $1,213 award in 2001 and a $642 in implied net impact—suggest the portfolio reflects cost adjustments, reversions, or de-obligations rather than new appropriations. The award for Project Grant 1434DRTXIIFG, issued January 13, 2014 with an obligation of negative $13,274, had an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2003—a decade prior to its award date—further indicating these entries reflect administrative closeouts or corrections rather than active grant disbursements.

No recent grant opportunities are present in the source. The absence of awards since January 2014 and the pattern of negative obligations in the portfolio suggest this program is inactive or has been consolidated into successor disaster-assistance mechanisms. Pursuit is not recommended without confirmation from the Department of Homeland Security that the program remains open to new applicants.