(FEMA) There may be a few common reasons why survivors are being ineligible or deemed ineligible for FEMA assistance. Sometimes it is simple as a typo on your Social Security number. And also, a lot of the times when you state that you have insurance, it's going to deem you ineligible for FEMA assistance because we have to wait for that claim for your insurance to be paid out or denied before we can further process your application for FEMA assistance.