---
title: "Public Assistance Applicants"
method: GET
path: "/v1/PublicAssistanceApplicants"
tags: ["Public Assistance"]
---

# Public Assistance Applicants

`GET /v1/PublicAssistanceApplicants`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.fema.gov/api/open`
- URL: `https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceApplicants`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fema/apis/openfema-api/docs/v1/PublicAssistanceApplicants/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

This dataset was generated by FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) reporting team to share data on assistance made available to eligible state, local and tribal governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations as part of presidentially declared disasters. This data, starting with disaster declaration DR1239 (declared in 1998), lists applicant (subrecipient) information that supplements the Public Assistance Funded Projects Details dataset. 
This raw, unedited data comes from FEMA's Applicant Case Tracker (FAC-Trax), which includes the Grants Manager (GM) and Grants Portal (GP) database.

Any financial information is derived from Grants Manager and not FEMA's official financial systems. Due to differences in reporting periods, status of obligations and application of business rules, this financial information may differ slightly from official publication on public websites such as usaspending.gov. This dataset is not intended to be used for any official federal reporting. 

The Agency's preferred citation for datasets (API usage or file downloads) can be found on the OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions page: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/terms-conditions

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the OpenFEMA program, API, and publicly available datasets, please visit: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/faq

If you have media inquiries about this dataset, please email the FEMA Press Office at FEMA-Press-Office@fema.dhs.gov. For inquiries about FEMA's data and Open Government program, please email the OpenFEMA team at OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.

## Query parameters

- `$filter` string
- `$top` integer
- `$skip` integer
- `$count` boolean
- `$filename` string
- `$metadata` boolean
- `$gzip` boolean
- `$orderby` string[]
- `$select` string[]
- `$format` 'json' | 'jsona' | 'csv' | 'jsonl' | 'parquet'

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `metadata` Metadata
    - `skip` number, nullable
    - `filter` string, nullable
    - `orderBy` string, nullable
    - `select` string, nullable
    - `rundate` string, nullable
    - `top` number, nullable
    - `format` string, nullable
    - `metadata` boolean, nullable
    - `entityname` string
    - `version` string
    - `url` string
    - `count` number, nullable
  - `PublicAssistanceApplicants` V1PublicAssistanceApplicants[]
    - `id` string, string: Unique ID assigned to the record
    - `disasterNumber` number: Sequentially assigned number used to designate an event or incident declared as a disaster. For more information on the disaster process, https://www.fema.gov/disasters/how-declared
    - `applicantId` string, string: Unique Public Assistance applicant identification number
    - `state` string, string: The name or phrase describing the U.S. state, district, or territory
    - `applicantName` string, string: Name of the entity requesting Public Assistance Grant funding. (Eligible Public Assistance applicants are subgrantees)
    - `addressLine1` string, string, nullable: A location at which a particular organization is found, Line 1; Applicant in this dataset
    - `addressLine2` string, string, nullable: A location at which a particular organization is found, Line 2; Applicant in this dataset
    - `city` string, string, nullable: A center of population; Applicant in this dataset
    - `zipCode` string, string, nullable: Unique geographical identifier for a U.S. postal address; Applicant in this dataset
    - `lastRefresh` string, date-time: Date the record was last updated in the API data store
    - `hash` string, string: MD5 Hash of the fields and values of the record

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