Disaster Recovery
Coordinating resources to help communities prepare, mitigate, and rebuild
Strengthen response and resilience
Disasters can strike at any time, in any place — whether hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, severe storms, earthquakes, or public health emergencies. Every community faces its own risks, and governments must be ready to safeguard their citizens and support rapid recovery.
BDO can help. We’ve stood shoulder-to-shoulder with public sector agencies through every kind of emergency, helping rebuild communities, homes, and lives in the wake of disaster. We have the knowledge, experience, and technical assets to coordinate activities and funding with federal agencies including FEMA, HUD, the Treasury Department, and many more, quickly bringing much-needed assistance to states, municipalities, and individuals in affected areas.
From advance preparation and early response through mitigation and shelter to long-term housing and infrastructure recovery, BDO is prepared to manage the full disaster lifecycle. We work with state and local governments to navigate complex federal regulatory, compliance, and environmental requirements without delays or missteps, helping people get back on their feet and back to normal.
How BDO Can Help
BDO offers disaster recovery services to help in the wake of disaster.
Manage Programs
From the disaster declaration through final closeout, we marshal HUD, FEMA, Treasury, and state funding streams and manage disaster recovery programs.
Maintain Compliance
We design operational systems to use federal funds correctly and efficiently while helping to avoid clawbacks and withdrawals.
Respond and Recover
We support every stage of the disaster lifecycle — staging resources, deploying personnel for immediate relief, and managing rebuilding programs.
Integrate Technology
Our custom tracking and reporting tools improve speed, transparency, and communication during critical response and recovery periods.
Navigate Environmental Requirements
We help governments navigate environmental requirements, coordinate reviews, and complete required documentation for recovery and mitigation projects.
Helping manage the full disaster lifecycle, our team at BDO has:
Supported federal disaster recovery implementations in 30 states and U.S. territories.
Managed more than $50 billion in HUD CDBG-DR funds for post-disaster housing, infrastructure, and economic recovery.
Managed more than $28 billion in FEMA IA and PA funds to help individuals and communities recover from disasters.
Managed nearly $130 billion in federal funds to date.
Disaster Recovery Capabilities
The FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) program provides short-term housing assistance or emergency funds for necessary expenses (e.g., transportation, food, lodging) to displaced survivors after a storm or other disaster.
The FEMA Non-Congregate Sheltering (NCS) program allows state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to provide temporary shelter in non-traditional settings — such as hotels, motels, or dormitories — when congregate shelters are unsafe or impractical.
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Implementation and management for government programs are offered through BDO Government Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a separate legal entity affiliated with BDO USA, P.C.
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