FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Georgia
Yesterday, FEMA announced federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Georgia to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Connecticut
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Connecticut to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Isaias on Aug. 4, 2020. Federal funding is also available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Zeta from Oct. 26-29, 2020. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes. Assistance can include grants for…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for the District of Columbia
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the District of Columbia to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Tennessee
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement the state’s response efforts in the area affected by an explosion on Dec. 25. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and…
FEMA: Salt Lake County Eligible for FEMA Public Assistance Funding for Magna Earthquake
On Dec. 31, 2020 President Trump announced additional disaster assistance is available for Salt Lake County. The aid comes in the form FEMA Public Assistance funding to supplement state and local efforts to recover from the Magna Quake and aftershocks between March 18 and April 17, 2020. Assistance covers eligible disaster-related debris removal, emergency protective…
FEMA: President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi
FEMA announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Mississippi to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Zeta from Oct. 28-29. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone counties. Assistance can include grants for…
FEMA: Additional Louisiana Parishes Designated for Assistance for Hurricane Delta
On Dec. 23, two parishes were added to the disaster declaration for Hurricane Delta. Survivors in Allen and Iberia parishes are now eligible for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Delta. To be eligible for federal disaster aid, storm damage and losses from the hurricane and flooding must…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oklahoma
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms from Oct. 26-29, 2020. Federal funding also is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a…
EDA: Investment Made to Establish Disaster Resilient Workforce Training Center in Northern Mariana Islands Opportunity Zone
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is making a critical recovery award using Fiscal Year 2019 Disaster Supplemental funds to Northern Marianas College (NMC), Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, to construct a three-story, approximately 20,158 square foot, typhoon resistant, ADA compliant Workforce Development and Training Center. The…