ORLEANS COUNTY NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230727/orleans-county-now-eligible-fema-assistance]


Release Date: 
7월 27, 2023 

WILLISTON, VT. – Federal funding is now available to help
individuals in an additional Vermont county recover from the severe
storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from July 7, 2023, and
continuing.

Residents of Orleans County who suffered damage to their homes or
personal property may apply for disaster assistance with FEMA.
Additional counties may be added at a later date if requested by the
state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.

Orleans County is in addition to the eight counties already designated
for Individual Assistance: Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille,
Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windham and Windsor.

Assistance may include grants for temporary housing and home repairs,
low-interest loans to cover uninsured property losses and other
programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the
effects of the disaster.

To apply for assistance, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362
between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.; go online to DisasterAssistance.gov
[http://www.disasterassistance.gov]; or download the FEMA App
[https://www.fema.gov/about/news-multimedia/mobile-products]. If you
use a relay service such as video relay service (VRS), captioned
telephone service or others, give FEMA your number for that service
when you apply. 

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4720.
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4720] Follow the FEMA Region 1 account
at Twitter twitter.com/FEMARegion1
[http://www.twitter.com/FEMARegion1] or the Facebook
page at facebook.com/FEMA. [https://www.facebook.com/FEMA]

For updates on the Vermont response and recovery, follow the Vermont
Emergency Management Agency twitter.com/vemvt 
[https://twitter.com/vemvt]on Twitter and
Facebook facebook.com/vermontemergencymanagement
[https://m.facebook.com/vermontemergencymanagement/]. 

FEMA is committed to ensuring disaster assistance is accomplished
equitably, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color,
religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or
economic status.  Any disaster survivor or member of the public may
contact the FEMA Civil Rights Office if they feel that they are the
victim of discrimination. FEMA’s Civil Rights Office can be
contacted toll-free at 833-285-7448. Multilingual operators are
available.