Moore About Business: Cape Coral Town Hall provided FEMA Updates one month after the storm. - WGCU

It was wall-to-wall residents astatine the November 3 Cape Coral Town Hall FEMA meeting. Speakers included representatives from FEMA connected authorities and section levels, nationalist assistance, the SBA, and the planner for the City of Cape Coral.

The accusation provided to residents covered a assortment of pertinent topics.

A large announcement was the opening of the caller FEMA catastrophe betterment halfway successful Cape Coral astatine the Lake Kennedy Center, 400 Santa Barbara Boulevard, unfastened each time from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Bob Fogel, FEMA Division Supervisor for Lee County, shared the timeline of FEMA accomplishments successful Lee County frankincense far.

“Hurricane Ian deed Wednesday September 28; connected October 2, the archetypal FEMA inspections were done; connected October 3, the archetypal FEMA payments were made. As of November 3, 56,045 FEMA registrations were successful the system, 11,757 inspections done, 11,508 inspections were being processed," said Fogel.

He continued, “As of November 3, $21,584,650 successful homeowners assistance grants person been made and $6,365,000 successful rental assistance payments to individuals person been paid: $892,810 had been paid retired for flood security sum successful Cape Coral.”

FEMA Individual Assistance Director Marcus Bryant shared circumstantial ways FEMA is helping individuals.

“We’re offering lodging assistance; location repair and rental assistance; transitional structure assistance and different needs assistance, known arsenic ONA; idiosyncratic spot replacement, transportation, aesculapian and dental assistance and moving and retention services,” said Bryant.

Kevin Guthrie, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director and State Coordinating Officer, talked astir the state’s non-congregate question trailer sheltering program, which is impermanent lodging only, and is known arsenic Transitional Sheltering Assistance, oregon TSA.

“We volition beryllium present 3-5 years, oregon until the country wholly recovers,” Guthrie assured the audience. “The state’s non-congregate structure question trailer threshold is overmuch little than FEMA’s trailer lodging program.” The state’s program, helium explained, is for 6 months, portion the FEMA programme is for 18 months. He besides noted that if you person a 2nd location anywhere, you bash not suffice for the FEMA impermanent trailer lodging program.

There were galore much important topics covered successful the Town Hall meeting. You tin presumption the full programme astatine cape-tv.com oregon perceive below.