News and Media: Disaster 4804

Kentucky disaster survivors may be eligible for FEMA Child Care Assistance even if they did not have property damage.

FEMA’s Individual Assistance program has recently implemented significant updates, including Displacement Assistance. If you were affected by the May 21-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides, and your pre-disaster primary residence located in Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Clay, Greenup, Hopkins, Knox, Logan, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Warren and Whitley counties, you may be eligible for this new type of assistance.

Three mobile Disaster Recovery Centers opened today in Butler, Logan and Whitley counties to assist Kentuckians who experienced loss from the May 21-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides.

FEMA Individual Assistance is available to Kentucky renters, including students, as well as homeowners in Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Clay, Greenup, Hopkins, Knox, Logan, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Warren and Whitley counties who experienced damage or losses caused by the May 21-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides. The deadline to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance is Sept. 22, 2024.

Kentucky residents are starting to see FEMA’s crews in neighborhoods helping those affected by the May 21-27 severe weather apply for federal disaster assistance and to identify needs within communities.