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6-9-10 — Twenty-five (25) additional counties have been designated for Individual
Assistance and twenty-seven (27) for all categories of Public Assistance as
part of Kentucky's federal disaster declaration, according to officials from
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This announcement brings the total number of counties designated for
Individual Assistance to 42 with the addition of Allen, Anderson, Boyle,
Barren, Elliot, Fleming, Garrard, Green, Hart, Henry, Jackson, Jessamine,
Leslie, Montgomery, Magoffin, Menifee, Monroe, Nicholas, Nelson, Owen,
Pulaski, Powell, Simpson, Warren and Washington counties.
Counties previously designated for Individual Assistance are: Adair,
Bath, Boyd, Carter, Casey, Franklin, Greenup, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan,
Madison, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Woodford counties.
Individual Assistance for homeowners and renters can include grants to
help pay for temporary housing, home repairs and other serious
disaster-related expenses not met by insurance or other assistance
programs. Also low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business
Administration are available to cover residential and business losses not
fully compensated by insurance.
The announcement also makes federal funding available to commonwealth
and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, mudslides and tornadoes
that began May 1, in the counties of Anderson, Boyd, Breckenridge, Butler,
Clinton, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Green, Greenup, Henderson, Hancock,
Hopkins, Jackson, Knott, Larue, Leslie, Magoffin, Mason, Ohio, Owen, Powell,
Pulaski, Russell, Taylor and Wayne counties.
Counties previously designated for Public Assistance are Adair, Allen,
Barren, Bath, Boyle, Carter, Casey, Cumberland, Edmonson, Garrard, Grayson,
Jessamine, Hart, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Marion, Menifee, Metcalfe,
Monroe, Nelson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Simpson, Warren, Washington and Woodford.
This brings the total number of counties eligible for Public Assistance to
55 counties eligible including the 27 added last week.
Under this cost-share program, FEMA usually funds 75 percent of the cost
for eligible work by commonwealth and local governments and certain private
non-profit organizations. Additional designations may be made at a later
date if requested by the commonwealth and warranted by the results of
further damage assessments.
Disaster survivors are urged to register their damage, large or small,
for assistance by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for
the hearing or speech disabled. The telephone lines are staffed daily from 7
a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT until further notice. Help is available in all
languages. An application may be completed online at
www.disasterassitance.gov.
If you or someone you know suffered loss or damage from this latest
disaster you are encouraged to document the damage, save any repair receipts
and notify your local emergency director.
Additional counties, and their residents, may be designated for federal
disaster assistance at a later date if requested by the Commonwealth and
warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
Additional information about this disaster is available at www.fema.gov
and www.kyem.ky.gov/currentdisasters.