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DR-4559-LA affected Allen Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4559-LA
Declared
Aug 28, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$18.7M
Project obligations
Registrations
5,998
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$14.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.8M
Buildings and Equipment$1.5M
Management Costs$434K
Utilities$89K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$78K
Water Control Facilities$73K
Roads and Bridges$60K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$28K
Total PA obligated$18.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$5.9M
Renter-approved dollars$993K
Intake IHP dollars$13.7M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations5,998
About this declaration

What DR-4559-LA means

DR-4559-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Allen Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Aug 22, 2020 through Aug 27, 2020. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Allen Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.