PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR
SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA
[https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20200514/president-donald-j-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-seminole-tribe]


Release Date: 
5月 8, 2020 

WASHINGTON — FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made
available for the Seminole Tribe of Florida to supplement the
Tribe’s efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2019 and continuing.

Public Assistance federal funding is available to the Seminole Tribe
of Florida and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures (Category B),
including direct federal assistance under Public Assistance, for the
Tribe and its associated lands affected by COVID-19 at a federal cost
share of 75 percent.

Gracia B. Szczech has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer
for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Additional
designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and
warranted by the results of further assessments.
 

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