SACRAMENTO – The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) serving Yuba, Butte and Nevada counties will close its doors permanently at the close of business on Nov. 22. The center is located at the Yuba County Government Center, 915 Eighth St., Marysville, CA 95901.
DRCs are jointly run by the state’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Representatives from Cal OES, FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and other state and federal agencies staff the DRCs. They offer survivors of the October fires disaster assistance resources.
Disaster survivors can still access disaster information and assistance in several ways. They can call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 (for voice and video relay service) or 800-462-7585 for TTY users. Or, they can visit one of the assistance centers that remain open:
Napa County LAC, HHSA Admin. Bldg. A, 2751 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Napa 94558
Hours: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday; Closed Sunday. This center will also close November 23-26 to observe the Thanksgiving holiday.
Lake County DRC, Clearlake Senior Community Center, 3245 Bowers Ave., Clearlake 95422
Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday; Closed Sunday
Mendocino County DRC, 1375 N. State St., Ukiah 95482
Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday; Closed Sunday
Sonoma County DRC, Hanna Boys Center, 17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma 95476
Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday; Closed Sunday
Sonoma County DRC, Press Democrat Bldg., 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa 95401
Hours: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
All DRCs will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23.
For more information on California recovery, visit the disaster web page at www.fema.gov/disaster/4344, Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/femaregion9 and WildfireRecovery.org.
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All FEMA disaster assistance will be provided without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex (including sexual harassment), religion, national origin, age, disability, limited English proficiency, economic status, or retaliation. If you believe your civil rights are being violated, call 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585(TTY/TDD).
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
The SBA is the federal government’s primary source of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private property. SBA helps businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters fund repairs or rebuilding efforts and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations. For more information, applicants may contact SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center by calling 800-659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster. Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals may call 800-877-8339.