1-800-621-FEMA (3362).
1-800-462-7585 (TTY).
Lines open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The following assistance is available to residents in federal disaster areas:
• Hotel costs
• Rental payments for temporary housing
• $500 grants to certain households to cover immediate needs. No eligibility requirements issued yet.
• Grants for home repairs and replacement of essential household items not covered by insurance
• Grants to replace personal property and help meet medical, dental, funeral, transportation and other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance
• Unemployment payments up to 26 weeks for workers who temporarily lost jobs
• Low-interest loans to cover residential losses not fully compensated by insurance. Loans available up to $200,000 for primary residence; $40,000 for personal property, including renter losses. Loans available up to $1.5 million for business property losses not fully compensated by insurance
• Loans up to $500,000 for farmers, ranchers and aquaculture operators to cover production and property losses, excluding primary residence.
• Crisis counseling for those traumatized by the disaster; income tax assistance for filing casualty losses; advisory assistance for legal, veterans benefits and social security matters.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
• Low-interest loans to cover residential losses not fully compensated by insurance. Loans available up to $200,000 for primary residence; $40,000 for personal property, including renter losses. Loans available up to $1.5 million for business property losses not fully compensated by insurance.
• Loans up to $1.5 million for small businesses that have suffered disaster-related cash flow problems and need funds for working capital to recover from the disaster's adverse economic impact. This loan in combination with a property loss loan cannot exceed a total of $1.5 million.
