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ERIC Number: EJ1465707
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1044-2073
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4802
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Disability Prevalence and Community-Level Allocation of Hurricane Harvey Federal Disaster Recovery Assistance in Texas
Natasha P. Malmin1; David Eisenman2
Journal of Disability Policy Studies, v35 n1 p33-42 2024
Disasters have severe implications for life and property, often requiring large-scale collective action to facilitate recovery. In the U.S., one key determinant of recovery is access to resources that mitigate damage losses and shorten disaster recovery trajectories. However, communities with the disabled present may be excluded from such services despite federal mandates for equal access and reasonable accommodations. We examined Hurricane Harvey federal recovery assistance distributions based on underlying community disability profiles. Through cross-sectional quantile regression, we used Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) direct-to-household administrative data at the zip code level regressed onto American Community Survey estimates of disability. We found that as the prevalence of disability increased in communities, the total dollar amount of FEMA direct-to-household assistance decreased, controlling for factors such as storm damage, poverty, population density, and race/ethnicity. Moreover, disability-related funding disparities were driven primarily by hearing-related disabilities, with disparities in funding widening as total assistance increased in communities. Such inequities in community-level funding have implications on how well communities may recover from disasters.
SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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Author Affiliations: 1Clemson University, SC, USA; 2University of California, Los Angeles, USA