FLORIDA (SNN TV) – FEMA approves $150 million to Florida households.
More than 101,000 households have been approved money by the national organization. FEMA says this includes temporary lodging, home repairs, and other disaster related assistances. $72 million was in housing assistance.
The National Flood Insurance Program has received 31,000 claims from Florida policy holders and made $10 million in advance payments. The U.S. Small Business Administration is processing disaster loan applications and has approved $3.5 million as of Saturday.
To apply for FEMA disaster assistance, go online to disasterassistance.gov, use the FEMA app for smartphones, or call 800-621-3362 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Help is available in most languages. If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service.
For more information about Hurricane Ian recovery in Florida, visit fema.gov/disaster/4673 and floridadisaster.org. You can also follow @FLSERT and @FEMARegion4.