Alaska
FEMA provides Alaska disaster assistance hotline
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) has established an Alaska-specific catastrophe help hotline for residents who’ve skilled injury or loss from the extreme mid-September storm within the areas of the Bering Strait, Kashunamiut, Decrease Kuskokwim, and Decrease Yukon.
The net information launch states residents affected by the storm can apply for FEMA catastrophe help within the following methods:
- Residents can name 1-866-342-1699, the Anchorage-based FEMA hotline can be operable from 10 a.m. to eight p.m., Monday by Saturday, and from 12 p.m. to six p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9 and Oct. 16.
- Dial 711 for TTY customers. For TTY customers with an out-of-state space code, dial 1-800-770-8973 for Alaska Relay.
- Go browsing to disasterassistance.gov.
- Obtain the FEMA app.
“FEMA’s Particular person Help program could embody grants for momentary housing bills, primary residence repairs, or different important disaster-related wants that aren’t coated by insurance coverage. In Alaska, subsistence objects misplaced or broken from the September storms could also be eligible for help,” the discharge says.
The State of Alaska has an Particular person Help Program, which is a separate software. Residents ought to apply for each FEMA and Alaska’s catastrophe help program.
“In case you are discovered ineligible for federal help, you should still qualify for help by the State of Alaska, but when you don’t submit each purposes it’s attainable that no help can be out there to you,” says FEMA.
Some residents who apply could also be referred to the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA) to use for a catastrophe mortgage.
Listed here are the methods to use for an SBA mortgage:
- Apply on-line at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/.
- Name 1-(800) 659-2955, for TTY customers please dial 711.
- E-mail disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for extra data on SBA catastrophe help.
Extra data is obtainable about FEMA’S help for the affect of the storm on Western Alaska on the FEMA Catastrophe Website.
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