Elizabeth M. Webster

Specialist in Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery @Congressional Research Service

Washington, DC, US

Responsible for sole- and co-authoring and coordinating written products on local, state, and federal disaster response and recovery; disaster housing and feeding programs, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Individual Assistance (IA) program and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP); FEMA’s implementation of legislation, such as the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018; recovery issues specific to affected states, territories, and tribes following presidential declarations of emergency and major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and the National Emergencies Act. Responsible for providing briefings, seminars/webinars, and consultative support to congressional offices and committee staff to support their efforts to develop legislation and perform their oversight responsibilities related to FEMA and disaster relief, and the NEA.Selected publicly available products include-FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP)—Implementation and Considerations for Congress (R47015), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47015-How FEMA Individual Assistance Works (IG10024), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IG/IG10024-A Brief Overview of FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program (IF11298), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11298-FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)(IF12026), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12026-Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (IN11696), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11696-The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA): Implementation Updates for Select Provisions (R46776), https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46776.

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

J.D.

Mary Washington College

B.A.