DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS CLOSE FOR PRESIDENTS DAY
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Release Date: 
February 15, 2018 

 

DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS CLOSE FOR PRESIDENTS DAY

AUSTIN, Texas –All State of Texas/Federal Disaster Recovery Centers
(DRCs) will be closed Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 19. The centers
will reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 9 a.m. The only exception to this
is the Brazoria County DRC, which opens Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 8 a.m.

The FEMA Helpline will still be open. You can contact the Helpline at
800-621-3362 (voice, 711 or VRS) or 800-462-7585 (TTY).

Normal business hours for most DRCs are Monday through Saturday 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Exception: The DRC in the Central Brazoria County Business
Park in Angleton, TX will continue operating Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Survivors can visit any DRC for assistance. Center locations and hours
can be found at fema.gov/DRC
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster-recovery-centers] or by downloading the
FEMA app to a mobile device.

For more information on Hurricane Harvey and Texas recovery, visit the
Hurricane Harvey disaster web page at www.fema.gov/disaster/4332
[http://www.fema.gov/disaster/4332], Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/FEMAharvey, the FEMA Region 6 Twitter account
at twitter.com/FEMARegion6 [https://twitter.com/FEMARegion6], or the
Texas Division of Emergency Management website at
www.dps.texas.gov/dem/
[https://www.fema.gov//jfdr2f13/DR4332-TX%20Groups/EA/P&P/Product%20Templates/www.dps.texas.gov/dem/]

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_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._

 

_Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race,
color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English
proficiency or economic status. If you or someone you know has been
discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-3362 (voice,
711/VRS - Video Relay Service) (TTY: 800-462-7585). Multilingual
operators are available (press 2 for Spanish)._

 

_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 non-profit 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_ [http://www.sba.gov/disaster]_.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals may call (800) 877-8339._