As discussed in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, there are many areas to the COVID-19 disaster recovery. Eligible applicants throughout the country continue to be impacted financially, physically and mentally as a result of COVID-19, hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. When the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared a major disaster, this allows for eligible entities to apply for public assistance (PA) reimbursements for eligible permanent and emergency work as a result of the incident. However, as a steward of receiving federal grant funding, along comes the responsibility to use these funds in compliance with grant requirements and maintain the audit trail to prove it. If not, applicants will risk the potential claw back of federal funding received. This increased administrative burden is unplanned and often unstaffed, as employees still need to fulfill their normal duties.