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FEMA Declaration Recap Posted 21 June 2008 Many counties in Northeast Iowa have been declared Presidential Disaster Areas which allows relief funding to become available for individuals and businesses that sustained recent storm or flood damage.   Counties eligible for Individual Assistance (Assistance to individuals and households): Adams, Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Clayton, Delaware, Des Moines, Fayette, Floyd, Fremont, Hardin, Harrison, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Marion, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Story, Tama, Union, and Winneshiek Counties. Counties eligible for Public Assistance (Assistance to State and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency work and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities): Butler County for emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program. Adams, Black Hawk, Boone, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Clayton, Crawford, Dallas, Delaware, Dubuque, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Howard, Iowa, Linn, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Ringgold, Story, Tama, Union, Winneshiek, Worth, and Wright Counties for Public Assistance. FEMA Disaster Declaration Map   http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/2008graphics/dr1763/dec_1763.pdf FEMA How to Apply for Assistance http://www.fema.gov/assistance/index.shtm 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) / 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) 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. Additional Disaster Assistance http://www.fema.gov/assistance/process/assistance.shtm The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) can make federally subsidized loans to repair or replace homes, personal property or businesses that sustained damages not covered by insurance.   The Small Business Administration can provide three types of disaster loans to qualified homeowners and businesses: home disaster loans to homeowners and renters to repair or replace disaster-related damages to home or personal property, business physical disaster loans to business owners to repair or replace disaster-damaged property, including inventory, and supplies; and economic injury disaster loans, which provide capital to small businesses and to small agricultural cooperatives to assist them through the disaster recovery period. For many individuals the SBA disaster loan program is the primary form of disaster assistance. Learn how to apply for SBA disaster loan assistance. http://www.fema.gov/assistance/process/sba_assistance.shtm

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