FEMA Aid
8/15
From The Times-Picayune
FEMA has key concern with its trailers
If you can open one home, you can open many, it finds
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 By James Varney
What began as a problem with a single travel trailer has mushroomed into yet another trailer fiasco for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and now the front door locks on as many as 118,000 of the temporary units might have to be changed.
What happened was FEMA learned the keys to one trailer can open as many as 50 others, a problem the agency attributed to the fact that only three companies manufacture the trailer locks in the United States. It didn't, however, learn of the issue through some crime spree, but through a report on potholes plaguing the Renaissance Park trailer lot, the biggest trailer park that FEMA operates in Louisiana with more than 570 units, authorities said.
The rest of the article can be found at
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1155622536314710.xml&coll=1
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved individual aid for people affected by the flooding in Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties.
The decision means people can get checks with 7 to 10 days after applying, said MaryAnne Jackson, the top FEMA official in New York. Damage will have to be verified. There will be limits to the awards, but she was not sure of the amounts.
Rental assistance is available, she said.
People can apply by calling 1-800-621-FEMA or by going to http://www.fema.gov/. After readers complained the number and web site would not allow them access, FEMA said the issue was temporary and would be resolved momentarily. Potential applicants should try again..
Homeowners, renters and business owners can apply for disaster aid by calling FEMA's toll-free hot line at 800-621-FEMA from 8 a.m to 8 p.m. Aid may come in the form of grants for home repairs, rental assistance and other needs, and U.S. Small Business Administration loans may be available as well.
This will allow a host of other monies from other agencies such as the USDA to assist as well! If you have a USDA office in your county, contact them in the next few days to see if monies have been appropriated for the flood relief.
7/4
Information about state individual and family grants can be accessed by calling 888-7-NYS-AID Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
From The Times-Picayune
FEMA has key concern with its trailers
If you can open one home, you can open many, it finds
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 By James Varney
What began as a problem with a single travel trailer has mushroomed into yet another trailer fiasco for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and now the front door locks on as many as 118,000 of the temporary units might have to be changed.
What happened was FEMA learned the keys to one trailer can open as many as 50 others, a problem the agency attributed to the fact that only three companies manufacture the trailer locks in the United States. It didn't, however, learn of the issue through some crime spree, but through a report on potholes plaguing the Renaissance Park trailer lot, the biggest trailer park that FEMA operates in Louisiana with more than 570 units, authorities said.
The rest of the article can be found at
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1155622536314710.xml&coll=1
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved individual aid for people affected by the flooding in Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties.
The decision means people can get checks with 7 to 10 days after applying, said MaryAnne Jackson, the top FEMA official in New York. Damage will have to be verified. There will be limits to the awards, but she was not sure of the amounts.
Rental assistance is available, she said.
People can apply by calling 1-800-621-FEMA or by going to http://www.fema.gov/. After readers complained the number and web site would not allow them access, FEMA said the issue was temporary and would be resolved momentarily. Potential applicants should try again..
Homeowners, renters and business owners can apply for disaster aid by calling FEMA's toll-free hot line at 800-621-FEMA from 8 a.m to 8 p.m. Aid may come in the form of grants for home repairs, rental assistance and other needs, and U.S. Small Business Administration loans may be available as well.
This will allow a host of other monies from other agencies such as the USDA to assist as well! If you have a USDA office in your county, contact them in the next few days to see if monies have been appropriated for the flood relief.
7/4
Information about state individual and family grants can be accessed by calling 888-7-NYS-AID Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
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