FEMA looking to hire hundreds to help Florida recover from Hurricane Ian - FOX 4 News Fort Myers WFTX

FEMA is looking to prosecute for much than 300 jobs successful Brandon, Fort Myers, Kissimmee, Orlando, and Sarasota, arsenic the authorities of Florida continues recovering aft Hurricane Ian.

These positions are full-time, 120-day appointments that whitethorn beryllium extended depending connected operational needs. If you are funny successful learning much astir the openings apply online.

More than $1.65 cardinal successful national grants, catastrophe loans, and flood security payments person been provided to the authorities and households to assistance survivors jumpstart their recovery.

FEMA has provided $674 cardinal to households and $322 cardinal to the authorities for exigency response, and the U.S. Small Business Administration has provided $408 cardinal successful catastrophe loans and the National Flood Insurance Program has paid $244 cardinal successful claims.

How FEMA is helping Floridians:

• FEMA volition supply impermanent lodging to eligible Hurricane Ian survivors successful Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, and Sarasota counties. FEMA approved Direct Temporary Housing Assistance to supply options for those whose homes are uninhabitable due to the fact that of the hurricane. FEMA determined that rental assistance is insufficient to conscionable the lodging request successful those counties due to the fact that of a deficiency of disposable lodging resources. FEMA volition notify applicants who are eligible for nonstop housing. It volition instrumentality clip to transport, permit, instal and inspect these units earlier they are available. Direct Temporary Housing Assistance whitethorn beryllium provided for up to 18 months from Sept. 29, 2022, the day of the national catastrophe declaration, to March 28, 2024.

• FEMA has made idiosyncratic assistance disposable to 26 counties successful Florida. Residents successful 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 are eligible to use for idiosyncratic assistance.

• FEMA is gathering survivors wherever they are to assistance jumpstart their recoveries. Disaster Survivor Assistance specialists are going door-to-door successful Florida neighborhoods to assistance individuals registry for assistance. These teams person interacted with much than 71,000 survivors in counties designated for idiosyncratic assistance.

• Survivors tin sojourn 1 of 23 Disaster Recovery Centers operating successful Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee (2 locations), Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns and Volusia counties. More centers are planned. Interpretation services and translated materials are disposable astatine these centers to assistance survivors pass successful the connection they consciousness astir comfortable. Disaster Recovery Center locations are chosen for their accessibility, with the extremity of reaching arsenic galore radical arsenic possible. As centers are added, real-time locations volition beryllium updated at FloridaDisaster.org.

• FEMA expanded Transitional Sheltering Assistance to 7 much counties bringing to a full 26 counties that are eligible for impermanent edifice stays for survivors who cannot stay successful their homes due to the fact that of tempest damage. As of today, the programme is providing lodging for 2,277 households with 5,755 members. Hundreds of FEMA inspectors have performed implicit 170,000 location inspections for survivors who applied for national catastrophe assistance.

• The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved $408 million in low-interest catastrophe loans to homeowners, renters, and concern owners. Business Recovery Centers are located successful Collier, DeSoto, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota, and Seminole counties. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• As of Oct. 29, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has received much than 43,000 flood security claims and paid much than $244 cardinal to policyholders, including $142 cardinal successful beforehand payments.​​​​​​​

• NFIP policyholders whitethorn person up to $1,000 to reimburse the acquisition of supplies similar sandbags, integrative sheeting, and lumber. They whitethorn besides person up to $1,000 successful retention expenses if they moved insured property. Policyholders should record a assertion for flood nonaccomplishment avoidance reimbursement, careless of whether it was palmy successful preventing flood damage.

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance is disposable to eligible survivors. Floridians tin record a assertion for nonaccomplishment of income caused by Hurricane Ian by going to Disaster Unemployment Assistance - FloridaJobs.org and prime “Apply for Hurricane Ian DUA,” visiting a local CareerSource Career Center, oregon calling  800-385-3920. Customer work representatives are disposable Monday done Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET.

• Low-income Florida residents recovering from Hurricane Ian whitethorn beryllium eligible for assistance from the Department of Agriculture’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Survivors tin find much accusation connected Florida’s D-SNAP programme by visiting the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Hurricane Ian Response & Recovery website.

• Operation Blue Roof has installed 16,485 roofs. This is simply a escaped work provided to homeowners and is presently operating successful Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Lee, and Sarasota counties. Residents impacted by Hurricane Ian tin motion up at BlueRoof.us or telephone toll-free astatine 1-888-ROOF-BLU (1-888-766-3258) for much information. The telephone halfway volition beryllium unfastened from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET.

• National Flood Insurance Program Florida policyholders who had flood harm from the hurricane person a 90-day model to renew their policies. The hold applies to policies with renewal dates opening Aug. 25 through Oct. 23. Policyholders whose renewal day is successful this scope should interaction their cause oregon security company. FEMA besides extended the impervious of nonaccomplishment request for flood security policyholders successful Florida who experienced flood harm from Hurricane Ian from 60 to 365 days. For much accusation connected however to record a flood security claim, visit How to Start Your Flood Insurance Claim.