Storm Help Center To Close
Some 225 affected individuals from Jasper County have applied for aid. through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Jasper is one of eight counties that are designated for FEMA Individual Assistance: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding and Troup.
The Spalding County Disaster Recovery Center will close at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17. Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until the last day. This center is inside the Spalding Senior Center located at 855 Memorial Dr. Griffin, GA 30223
The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is Monday, March 20. The SBA disaster loan deadline to apply for property damage is Friday, March 17.
FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program is only one source of disaster funding, and the program has its limits. It can lend a helping hand to recover but it cannot compensate for everything that was lost. Approved applicants in the designated counties may receive a limited amount of FEMA disaster assistance to make repairs to their primary home and/or essential personal property when the damage is not covered by insurance.
FEMA assistance is based on case-by-case review. And that may not always result in individuals or households being approved to receive the maximum amount of financial assistance for their disaster-caused losses.
However, $3,685,927 in FEMA assistance has been approved for individuals and households, including:
•$3,065,940 approved for housing assistance
•$619,986 approved for Other Needs Assistance
How to Apply for FEMA Disaster Aid
Go to www.DisasterAssistance.gov, download the FEMA mobile app or call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362. If you use video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA your number for that service. Helpline operators are available from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. Press 2 for Spanish. Press 3 for an interpreter who speaks your language. For an accessible video on how to apply, go to youtube.com/watch?v=LU7wzRjByhI.
Free Disaster Legal Services, Crisis Counseling Is Available
If you are facing legal issues or experiencing feelings of hopelessness or stress resulting from the storms and tornadoes, you can get disaster legal advice and crisis counseling. FEMA has made these free services available to residents in the hardest-hit eight counties that were affected.
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230217/free-disaster-legal-services-crisis-counseling-available-georgia-storm
