Orange County eligible for FEMA assistance in wake of flooding

 

Last updated 7/24/2015 at Noon



Eighteen more Texas counties are now eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid. The aid includes all categories of work, including debris removal, emergency protective measures and infrastructure repairs in the wake of severe storms, tornadoes, straight line winds and flooding in Texas from May 4 to June 22.

Eligible applicants in Austin, Brown, Delta, DeWitt, Ellis, Gonzales, Hopkins, Jack, Jones, Orange, Red River, Robertson, San Augustine, Starr, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Waller and Wichita counties can now apply for FEMA Public Assistance (PA) reimbursement for repairs to roads and bridges, water control facilities, city- and county-owned buildings and equipment, utilities, parks and recreational facilities and other public as well as some private facilities.

Supplementary funding under the PA program goes to the state and its agencies, local governments, and certain private nonprofit organizations. Under the program, FEMA obligates funds to the state for 75 percent of eligible costs, with the state and local governments sharing the remaining 25 percent of costs. The state forwards the federal funds to the eligible local governments or organizations that incurred costs.

Previously, 73 counties were designated as eligible for FEMA’s Public Assistance Program: Angelina, Archer, Atascosa, Bastrop, Baylor, Blanco, Bowie, Burleson, Caldwell, Callahan, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Dickens, Eastland, Edwards, Fannin, Fayette, Frio, Gaines, Garza, Gillespie, Grayson, Grimes, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill,Hood, Houston, Jasper, Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lamar, Lee,Leon, Liberty, Lynn, Madison, Milam, Montague, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Nueces, Newton, Parker, Polk, Real, Refugio, Rusk, Sabine, San Jacinto, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Uvalde, Van Zandt, Victoria,Walker, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Wise and Zavala.

For more information on Texas disaster recovery, visit www.fema.gov/disaster/4223.

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For information on the Public Assistance process go to:https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance.

 

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