ATLANTA – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended federal disaster aid to include Pendleton County, Ky. This amendment provides for supplemental funding for infrastructure repairs in the wake of February and March’s severe storms, tornadoes, straight line winds and flooding.
Federal Coordinating Officer Manny Toro said the assistance was approved following a review of damage data gathered by federal and state disaster recovery officials.
“FEMA is working in partnership with the Commonwealth of Kentucky and local officials to identify infrastructure damaged by the storms and develop projects for rebuilding,” Toro said.
Affected local governments are eligible to apply for federal funds to pay up to 75 percent of the approved cost for debris removal, emergency services related to the disaster, and repairing or replacing damaged public facilities, such as roads, buildings and utilities.
The funds were authorized under the major disaster declaration issued by President Trump on April 26 and made available through FEMA’s public assistance program for state and local governments.
Additional information about FEMA’s Public Assistance program can be found at https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit.
FEMA previously announced that public assistance funds would be available to 34 Kentucky counties, including: Boyd, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Carter, Crittenden, Fulton, Gallatin, Grant, Graves, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Jefferson, Kenton, Lawrence, Livingston, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Ohio, Owen, Spencer, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Washington, and Webster.
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