Federal/State Relief To North Carolina Flood Victims Tops $834 Million
Release Date: January 7, 2000
Release Number: 1292-157
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released figures showing that North Carolina's storm victims have now received $834.1 million in disaster recovery assistance from federal and state agencies.
Applications for help continue to come into the FEMA application hotline at an average rate of about 100 per day as the deadline for registration, January 18, rapidly approaches. Persons who suffered losses who have not yet applied are urged to call now: 1-800-462-9029 or TTY 1-800-462-7585 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) accounted for the largest infusion of recovery cash, $362.1 million in disaster home loans and property and economic loss loans for businesses.
Disaster housing assistance and individual and family grants totaled another $136.7 million in efforts to help homeowners and renters devastated by the floods return their lives to some sense of normalcy and promote long-term recovery.
An itemized breakdown of assistance figures is as follows:
- SBA disaster home loans: $262.7 million
- SBA business real property and economic loss loans: $99.4 million
- Disaster housing assistance: $66.2 million
- Individual and family grants: $70.5 million
- Missions assigned by FEMA to other agencies for recovery assistance: $30 million
- Money approved for local governments and eligible nonprofit agencies for repair and restoration of public facilities, infrastructure, and other disaster expenses: $180 million
- National Flood Insurance Program claims approved: $91.5 million
- Crisis counseling: $868,000
- Disaster unemployment assistance: $4.1 million
- Site preparation and purchase of mobile homes: $28.8 million
- Total federal/state hurricane recovery funds approved: $834.1 million
County By County Disaster Aid
DR-1292-NC
Jan. 7, 2000
| Declared County | Total Disaster Applicants | Families Assisted - Housing | Disaster Housing Amount | IFG Applicants Approved | Individual and Family Grants Appproved | SBA Loans Approved | Small Business Administration Loans | Public Assistance Projects | Public Assistance Funding | TOTAL $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 7 | 1 | $721 | 1 | $838 | 1 | $93,000 | 3 | $31,060 | $125,619 |
| Anson | 3 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 1 | 23,300 | 2 | $11,872 | $35,172 |
| Beaufort | 2,825 | 1,187 | $1,977,736 | 494 | $1,363,013 | 257 | $6,875,600 | 35 | $1,023,599 | $11,239,948 |
| Bertie | 1,174 | 436 | $959,259 | 201 | $855,754 | 133 | $5,278,300 | 71 | $2,125,845 | $9,219,158 |
| Bladen | 2,684 | 1,275 | $1,373,268 | 811 | $1,133,551 | 149 | $2,168,700 | 58 | $673,313 | $5,348,832 |
| Brunswick | 3,046 | 1,213 | $1,833,492 | 607 | $1,206,072 | 259 | $7,712,200 | 123 | $4,980,456 | $15,732,220 |
| Camden | 128 | 70 | $145,276 | 8 | $32,055 | 23 | $362,300 | 3 | $17,378 | $557,009 |
| Carteret | 821 | 352 | $724,014 | 133 | $509,171 | 106 | $2,904,300 | 58 | $2,042,881 | $6,180,366 |
| Caswell | 3 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2 | $15,407 | $15,407 |
| Chatham | 13 | 7 | $6,937 | 2 | $2,209 | 4 | $40,900 | 2 | $25,314 | $75,360 |
| Chowan | 24 | 4 | $2,690 | ----- | ----- | 10 | $133,900 | 8 | $241,958 | $378,548 |
| Columbus | 4,495 | 2,086 | $2,884,421 | 1,444 | $2,916,528 | 231 | $4,716,600 | 72 | $1,355,537 | $11,873,086 |
| Craven | 1,797 | 753 | $1,635,190 | 344 | $1,386,976 | 229 | $8,061,500 | 34 | $1,474,405 | $12,558,071 |
| Cumberland | 851 | 337 | $342,555 | 156 | $160,986 | 21 | $302,300 | 41 | $874,857 | $1,680,698 |
| Currituck | 63 | 13 | $26,346 | 5 | $9,109 | 14 | $136,100 | 3 | $123,656 | $295,211 |
| Dare | 378 | 91 | $200,550 | 29 | $83,481 | 84 | $1,157,100 | 27 | $2,086,974 | $3,528,105 |
| Davidson | 1 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2 | $12,366 | $12,366 |
| Duplin | 2,749 | 1,266 | $3,166,230 | 702 | $2,766,488 | 402 | $17,950,900 | 67 | $844,094 | $24,727,712 |
| Durham | 261 | 101 | $149,187 | 56 | $154,281 | 8 | $117,700 | 9 | $183,860 | $605,028 |
| Edgecombe | 8,021 | 3,809 | $11,537,204 | 2,403 | $15,755,428 | 1,473 | $76,201,800 | 138 | $33,526,387 | $137,020,819 |
| Forsyth | 15 | 6 | $14,536 | 2 | $11,993 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ---- | $26,529 |
| Franklin | 175 | 59 | $125,581 | 29 | $84,480 | 11 | $615,600 | 14 | $126,279 | $951,940 |
| Gates | 97 | 32 | $71,173 | 12 | $26,957 | 3 | $23,900 | 1 | $26,872 | $148,902 |
| Granville | 14 | 4 | $7,816 | 1 | $664 | 2 | $53,800 | 1 | $5,520 | $67,800 |
| Greene | 966 | 391 | $1,118,768 | 194 | $1,017,222 | 199 | $8,693,000 | 22 | $372,232 | $11,201,222 |
| Guilford | 9 | 3 | $1,231 | 2 | $736 | 2 | $61,400 | 3 | $23,676 | $87,043 |
| Halifax | 1,571 | 510 | $635,533 | 250 | $742,590 | 80 | $1,606,700 | 70 | $2,785,840 | $5,770,663 |
| Harnett | 190 | 84 | $76,439 | 26 | $38,350 | 12 | $207,600 | 23 | $454,795 | $777,184 |
| Hertford | 843 | 348 | $1,052,105 | 133 | $501,259 | 112 | $5,374,500 | 39 | $1,240,077 | $8,167,941 |
| Hoke | 76 | 30 | $34,093 | 13 | $21,702 | 6 | $41,400 | 6 | $68,053 | $165,248 |
| Hyde | 725 | 329 | $807,306 | 151 | $567,586 | 126 | $3,143,700 | 11 | $916,300 | $5,434,892 |
| Johnston | 874 | 305 | $568,858 | 159 | $488,226 | 72 | $1,435,600 | 67 | $1,030,959 | $3,523,643 |
| Jones | 825 | 396 | $1,086,049 | 178 | $827,236 | 139 | $6,462,300 | 16 | $533,135 | $8,908,720 |
| Lee | 23 | 8 | $7,997 | 4 | $7,965 | 3 | $101,500 | 1 | $5,041 | $122,503 |
| Lenoir | 4,602 | 1,962 | $3,865,363 | 1,172 | $5,785,396 | 659 | $24,845,400 | 153 | $5,238,115 | $39,734,274 |
| Martin | 665 | 249 | $503,070 | 119 | $373,983 | 58 | $1,876,800 | 47 | $730,193 | $3,484,046 |
| Montgomery | 1 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2 | $7,748 | $7,748 |
| Moore | 30 | 13 | $10,761 | 6 | $4,497 | 1 | $7,500 | 4 | $23,191 | $45,949 |
| Nash | 3,952 | 1,653 | $3,928,339 | 794 | $3,747,009 | 828 | $40,116,400 | 130 | $12,514,359 | $60,306,107 |
| New Hanover | 5,520 | 1,663 | $2,201,140 | 2,075 | $3,595,185 | 308 | $6,865,100 | 52 | $3,382,980 | $16,044,405 |
| Northampton | 676 | 253 | $367,568 | 121 | $244,956 | 42 | $388,600 | 46 | $468,098 | $1,469,222 |
| Onslow | 1,576 | 592 | $1,062,786 | 290 | $676,001 | 125 | $3,371,700 | 63 | $2,903,065 | $8,013,552 |
| Orange | 27 | 9 | $13,581 | 2 | $1,390 | 4 | $95,300 | 10 | $190,577 | $300,848 |
| Pamlico | 550 | 236 | $364,247 | 114 | $372,500 | 74 | $1,391,900 | 30 | $1,277,088 | $3,405,735 |
| Pasquotank | 378 | 159 | $312,153 | 73 | $184,516 | 31 | $784,700 | 13 | $552,975 | $1,834,344 |
| Pender | 3,507 | 1,528 | $3,258,435 | 699 | $2,531,268 | 426 | $17,278,700 | 32 | $3,810,233 | $26,878,636 |
| Perquimans | 56 | 20 | $57,471 | 9 | $54,953 | 4 | $36,700 | 6 | $181,094 | $330,218 |
| Person | 4 | 1 | $4,318 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 2 | $15,613 | $19,931 |
| Pitt | 10,245 | 4,150 | $9,384,766 | 2,634 | $13,149,379 | 1,359 | $61,946,900 | 204 | $21,112,100 | $105,593,145 |
| Randolph | 14 | 4 | $16,347 | 3 | $6,998 | ----- | ----- | 2 | $9,799 | $33,144 |
| Richmond | 13 | 4 | $3,173 | 1 | $2,031 | 1 | $15,500 | 3 | $20,357 | $41,061 |
| Robeson | 3,336 | 1,520 | $1,539,837 | 713 | $833,923 | 92 | $1,273,700 | 58 | $1,945,707 | $5,593,167 |
| Rockingham | 4 | 3 | $4,783 | 2 | $8,680 | ----- | ----- | 1 | $1,559 | $15,022 |
| Rowan | 1 | 1 | $1,152 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | $1,152 |
| Sampson | 1,425 | 635 | $792,564 | 293 | $498,216 | 66 | $1,548,200 | 52 | $948,903 | $3,787,883 |
| Scotland | 25 | 6 | $6,183 | 3 | $1,356 | 2 | $4,600 | 10 | $89,812 | $101,951 |
| Stanly | 66 | 31 | $37,362 | 25 | $73,527 | 4 | $240,200 | 11 | $544,786 | $895,875 |
| Stokes | ||||||||||
| Tyrrell | 164 | 95 | $147,220 | 35 | $54,032 | 13 | $414,800 | 6 | $21,947 | $637,999 |
| Union | 2 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | 7 | $16,175 | $16,175 |
| Vance | 27 | 7 | $8,895 | 4 | $7,314 | 3 | $103,200 | 3 | $19,320 | $138,729 |
| Wake | 664 | 212 | $299,613 | 84 | $205,837 | 65 | $890,700 | 63 | $1,984,635 | $3,380,785 |
| Warren | 93 | 34 | $48,588 | 17 | $71,830 | 5 | $48,300 | 12 | $155,694 | $324,412 |
| Washington | 79 | 23 | $28,192 | 11 | $21,287 | 1 | 23,100 | 17 | $112,980 | $185,559 |
| Wayne | 4,776 | 1,829 | $3,438,985 | 777 | $2,860,369 | 644 | $22,019,400 | 155 | $5,139,199 | $33,457,953 |
| Wilson | 2,186 | 961 | $1,962,077 | 525 | $2,461,913 | 358 | $14,537,100 | 94 | $4,392,105 | $23,353,195 |
| Multi-county and state-wide Public Assistance Projects: | 388 | $53,002,649 | $53,002,649 | |||||||
| TOTAL - -> | 33,359 | $66,241,530 | 19,151 | $70,501,252 | 9,345 | $362,182,000 | 2320 | $180,073,054 | $678,997,836 | |
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