FEMA Declares Florida Counties Eligible for Disaster Assistance

FEMA DECLARES SOME COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Brevard Hendry Okeechobee St. Lucie Volusia

Disaster assistance is money or direct assistance to individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance. It is meant to help you with critical expenses that cannot be covered in other ways. This assistance is not intended to restore your damaged property to its condition before the disaster.

While some housing assistance funds are available through our Individuals and Households Program, most disaster assistance from the Federal government is in the form of loans administered by the Small Business Administration.

First and foremost, to qualify for assistance, your losses must have occurred in an area covered by a disaster declaration.

Secondly, if you have insurance, you must file a claim with your insurance company.

Two types of disaster assistance, "Housing Needs" and "Other than Housing Needs", are available to individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance.

Whether applying online OR over the phone, you should have a pen and paper and the following information ready:

Your Social Security number.
Current and pre-disaster address.
A telephone number where you can be contacted.
Insurance information.
Total household annual income
A routing and account number from your bank (only necessary if you want to have disaster assistance funds transferred directly into your bank account)
Lookup your bank routing number.
A description of your losses that were caused by the disaster.

Residents and business owners in the declared areas are encouraged to contact the FEMA Tele-registration Line at:

1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
Speech or hearing disabilities call TTY 1-800-462-7585

VISIT WWW.FEMA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION