THREE MONTHS SINCE IDA, OVER $2.5 BILLION IN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR
LOUISIANANS
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20211201/three-months-ida-over-25-billion-federal-assistance-louisianans]


Release Date: 
December 1, 2021 

BATON ROUGE, LA. – It’s been three months since Hurricane Ida made
landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana as the fifth-strongest
hurricane to ever strike the U.S. As Louisianans rebuild, over $2.5
BILLION in federal grants, loans and flood insurance payments support
their ongoing recovery. 

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OVER $2.5 BILLION IN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO SURVIVORS
TO DATE, INCLUDING

 	* $1.1 BILLION in low-interest Small Business Administration loans
for families and businesses.
 	* $580 MILLION in housing assistance for homeowners and renters.
 	* $441 MILLION for other needs assistance, including medical bills,
vehicle replacement, and cleaning.
 	* $513 MILLION in National Flood Insurance Program claims.
 	* $2.7 MILLION for Disaster Unemployment Insurance claims.

 

	* 25 Disaster Recovery Centers established across Louisiana, 8 of
which are still open, operating, and available to assist survivors. 

 	* Over 552,000 Louisianans have been approved for individual
assistance, while FEMA staff have knocked on 186,000 doors in
disaster-affected parishes.

 	* At the peak, 22,183 survivors were temporarily sheltered in hotels
and other transitional lodging.
 	* FEMA Mitigation Specialists have offered free rebuilding and
repair advice to over 14,608 survivors.

	* 152,142 survivors received expedited rental assistance for utility
outages, inaccessible or damaged dwellings. 

 	* 96,941 were lower income applicants who would have otherwise
received delayed assistance or no assistance at all.

 	* $27.8 MILLION in public assistance grants currently obligated for
local governments and nonprofits.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BLUE ROOF MISSION 

	* 33,625 “Blue Roofs” installed by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, allowing survivors to live safely in their damaged
residences while making permanent repairs. 

	* USACE, in cooperation with the FEMA and the state of Louisiana,
launched a pilot program to explore temporary roofing options for
homes that were otherwise ineligible for Blue Roofs. 

 	* The program, called Roof Wrap, focused on using shrink wrap
materials that are installed under the roof via furring strips, then
heated to shrink the material and create a water-tight seal.