FEMA approves $150 million for households in Florida

TALLAHASSEE – Ten days after the main catastrophe declaration for Hurricane Ian in Florida, FEMA has authorised $150 million in grants to 101,705 households to assist them recuperate.

Catastrophe help might embody monetary assist with momentary lodging, residence repairs and different disaster-related bills. FEMA grants embody $72 million for housing help and $78 million for different bills.

The Nationwide Flood Insurance coverage Program (NFIP has obtained 31,000 claims from Florida policyholders and made $10 million prematurely funds.

The U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA) is processing catastrophe mortgage functions and has authorised $3.5 million so far.

To use for FEMA catastrophe help, go browsing to disasterassistance.gov, use the FEMA app for smartphones or name 800-621-3362 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. day-after-day. Assist is offered in most languages. In case you use a relay service, comparable to video relay service (VRS), captioned phone service or others, give FEMA the quantity for that service.

For extra details about Hurricane Ian restoration in Florida, go to fema.gov/catastrophe/4673 and floridadisaster.org/.