Section 214-5-4 - PRIORITIES FOR USE OF THE FUNDOnce the Fund has been activated pursuant to section 2 above, authorized uses of the Fund will be allocated according to the following priorities:
1.Priority 1- Disaster recovery assistance to individuals and families in absence of a federal disaster declaration. The Agency will give first priority for use of the Fund to providing assistance to individuals and families when the State has requested, but has not received, a major disaster declaration by the federal government. See Section 5(3).2.Priority 2- Matching funds for assistance to individuals in a federally declared disaster. The second priority for use of the Fund will be to provide the State match for federal funds to assist individuals recovering from a federally declared major disaster. See Section 5(4).3.Priority 3- Disaster-related unmet needs of individuals and families in a federally declared disaster. The third priority for use of the Fund will be to cover the unmet needs individuals and families recovering from a federally declared major disaster. See Section 5(5).4.Priority 4- Disaster recovery assistance to local governmental units in absence of a federal disaster declaration. The fourth priority for use of the Fund will be to provide assistance to local governments for infrastructure repair and response when the State has requested, but has not received, a major disaster declaration by the federal government. See Section 6. 5.Priority 5- State agency emergency response costs. The fifth priority for use of the Fund is to reimburse state agencies for costs incurred to respond to emergencies. See Section 7. 6.Priority 6- Matching funds for state and local governmental units in a federally declared disaster. The sixth priority for use of the Fund is to provide State matching funds under the federal Public Assistance ("PA") program. See Section 8. 7.Priority 7- Low-interest loans to businesses in absence of a federal disaster declaration. The seventh priority for use of the Fund is to provide low-interest loans to businesses recovering from a disaster when the State has requested but has not received a major disaster declaration by the federal government. See Section 9. The Fund may be activated to address more than one priority use in response to a single event if appropriate to the identified need. The assigned priority will govern use of the Fund when the available balance is not sufficient to meet all identified disaster needs.
15- 214 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 4