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Georgia survivors who suffered losses during Hurricane Idalia needn’t worry that applying for federal disaster assistance will cause them to sacrifice their Social Security or Medicare benefits, pay more taxes or give up income-based benefit programs. A grant from FEMA does not add to your taxable income as long as the grant is to help recover from a disaster like Idalia.
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Monday, Nov. 6 is the deadline for Georgia homeowners and renters who suffered uninsured or underinsured damage to their property from Hurricane Idalia in Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Glynn and Lowndes counties to apply for FEMA assistance.
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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the Biden-Harris Administration, through FEMA, will commit more than $211 million in funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda -- a key component of Bidenomics -- to enhance dam safety efforts across the nation to ensure that communities have the critical infrastructure needed to protect against future disasters and prevent against future flooding.
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FEMA encourages all property owners affected by the Aug. 8 wildfires to request participation in the Consolidated Debris Removal Program by submitting a Right-of-Entry form to Maui County. This will help to ensure cultural and historic properties are protected during debris removal operations and eliminate potential runoff of toxic ash into Maui’s sensitive watersheds.
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Residents of several communities in the towns of Yabucoa, Lares and Orocovis will benefit from repairs to more than ten municipal roads, following the allocation of over $12 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for damage after Hurricane María.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $3.8 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Northeastern University for the cost of testing students, staff and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FEMA has approved more than $18.93 million for the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) for debris removal operations undertaken to remove debris deposited throughout Kentucky by last summer’s severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides.
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The Disaster Recovery Centers in Chatham and in Garfield Park will close operations permanently Saturday, November 4 at 5 p.m. Cook County residents who suffered losses during the June 29 – July 2 storms and flooding, and still need in-person assistance can find the remaining centers at FEMA Disaster Recovery Locator.
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The Barre Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 9.
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The remaining four Disaster Recovery Centers still in operation will open at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 1 because of the snowfall. The centers will close at 5 p.m. The centers will resume their normal hours of operation, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 2, 2023.
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