Tidal Basin

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About Tidal Basin

Tidal Basin is a leader in emergency management and disaster recovery and a proud COVID Recovery Clearinghouse partner with NACo. Our team provides unmatched experience and resources to federal, state, county and local municipality governments in helping them prepare, respond, recover and mitigate from natural and man-made disasters.

We are your trusted adviser – standing by your side before, immediately after and throughout a disaster, enabling a faster physical and financial recovery for your county.

If you have any questions, we are always here to help. You can reach out directly to Dana Johnston about any of the issues below at djohnston@tidalbasin.rphc.com.

The Tidal Basin Solution

We have over 35 years of experience assisting our clients with their emergency management and disaster recovery needs. Our team is dedicated to helping communities prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the devastating impacts of a disaster.

One of our primary objectives is to help you expedite reimbursement from federal grant funding sources so you can build and rebuild faster and stronger. Many of our team of emergency and disaster management professionals have been with our firm since Hurricane Katrina and have experience with FEMA, HUD and other federal, state and local government agencies spanning decades.

Another distinguishing factor is our “Total Solution” to help communities successfully develop and implement a complete recovery process that unites the property insurance and federally funded portions of their disaster recovery into one financial recovery strategy. We also utilize a secure and advanced financial/grant management system that is designed specifically for federal grants to reduce your risk of losing the money needed to clean up and rebuild after a catastrophe.

FEMA PA Grant Management – Immediate Assistance:

  • Debris Monitoring
  • Damage Assessments
  • Categorization
  • Scope Development
  • Project Formulation
  • Project Worksheet
  • FEMA Insurance Requirements Review

FEMA PA Grant Management – Long term Assistance:

  • FEMA Obtain and Maintain
  • Funding Reconciliation
  • Closeout Assistance
  • Appeals, Arbitration, Audit Resolution

Click here to learn more about how we can support your grants management and recovery efforts.

COVID-19 Response

Tidal Basin has been at the forefront of COVID-19 response since March of 2020. We are supporting states and guiding counties as they implement flexible, scalable and phased vaccination programs as response to COVID-19 continues.

Our Recovery and CDBG experts facilitate the federal grants management process for states, local government, healthcare systems, hospitals, universities and colleges, airport authorities, and other eligible applicants.

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