FEMA extends deadline for Hurricane Ian assistance - wfit

FEMA announced this week that the bureau is extending the deadline for survivors of Hurricane Ian to use for national assistance. The caller deadline to taxable an exertion is Jan. 12, 2023.

According to FEMA this hold comes astatine the petition of the State of Florida. Residents of the pursuing counties volition suffice for this extension: Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns and Volusia counties.

The bureau said it has already provided much than $2.69 cardinal successful national grants, catastrophe loans and flood security payments to the authorities and idiosyncratic households pursuing Hurricane Ian.

Florida residents seeking assistance person respective avenues to find help. Applications tin beryllium submitted straight utilizing FEMA’s application portal oregon by calling 800-621-3362. Those seeking to use tin besides usage the FEMA mobile app to bash so.

The State of Florida and FEMA person besides opened 28 Disaster Recovery Centers successful affected counties to assistance link residents to betterment resources. These centers are unfastened from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday done Saturday. It is not indispensable to sojourn a DRC to taxable a FEMA application, but representatives are disposable to assistance and reply questions.

According to FEMA, the bureau besides has Disaster Survivor Assistance specialists going door-to-door to assistance radical registry for assistance. The bureau said these specialists person already visited 225,000 homes successful Florida.

If you person insurance, FEMA encourages you to record a assertion archetypal earlier you use for FEMA assistance, arsenic the bureau volition not duplicate immoderate assistance you whitethorn person already received.

Other reasons FEMA cites for denying assistance see a location not being damaged capable for assistance, a location not being a superior residence and FEMA agents not being capable to scope the applicants done the interaction accusation provided.

For this reason, the Florida Division of Emergency Management reminds residents that they should support their interaction accusation up-to-date and enactment successful interaction with the bureau passim the assistance process. The Division recommends mounting up nonstop deposit if receiving assistance, arsenic assistance checks cannot beryllium forwarded successful the lawsuit you can’t entree your location address.