LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Disaster Recovery Center located in Saline County at Indian Springs Baptist Church, 23581 I-30, Bryant, will close permanently at 6 p.m. Wednesday,July 19.Residents of Saline County may continue to find assistance at the Faulkner County center at the location and hours below:Faulkner CountyMcGee Center3800 College Ave.Conway AR 72034 Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday: Noon to 5 p.m.Sunday: ClosedHelp is also available at the FEMA Helpline, 800-621-3362. Multilingual operators are available. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability and use...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A mobile State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will visit McCrory in Woodruff County from Wednesday, July 19, through Friday, July 21, to help those whose homes or businesses were affected by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding between April 26 and May 19.The disaster center location and hours are as follows:Woodruff CountyRobert & Dorothy Rowland Entertainment BuildingThree County Fairgrounds997 Poplar St.McCrory AR 72101 Wednesday, July 19, through Friday, July 21Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Disaster Recovery Centers are staffed with representatives from the Arkansas Department of Emergency...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Disaster Recovery Center located in Lawrence County at the Black River Fire Training Center, 114 Wilson Drive, Walnut Ridge, will close permanently at6 p.m. Wednesday, July 19.Residents of Lawrence County may continue to find assistance at the Randolph County center at the former site of the Randolph County Nursing Center. Location and hours follow:Randolph CountyOld Randolph County Nursing Center1405 Hospital DrivePocahontas AR 72455 Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday: Noon to 5 p.m.Sunday: ClosedHelp is also available at the FEMA Helpline, 800-621-3362. Multilingual operators are available....

BATON ROUGE, La. — Federal funding for recovery has topped $400 million one year after the August 2016 floods.As of July 14, FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) program has obligated a total of $403 million to reimburse local and state governments as well as certain private nonprofits for eligible recovery costs. This amount includes repair and emergency services, debris removal and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities and infrastructure.Of the total amount, more than $285 million was designated to reimburse for eligible emergency protective measures taken during the August disaster.  Included...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Flood insurance policyholders in high risk flood areas (Special Flood Hazard Areas) may be able to receive up to $30,000 to help cover the cost of bringing a substantially damaged structure into compliance with the community’s floodplain management regulations.To qualify for ICC (Increased Cost of Compliance), a structure must either be substantially damaged (damage that is 50 percent or greater than the value of the building) or one that has been repeatedly damaged.ICC is a part of most Standard National Flood Insurance Program policies sold by insurance...

Disaster recovery officials from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) and FEMA urge disaster-impacted Arkansas municipalities to get Requests for Public Assistance to ADEM no later than this Saturday, July 15.Municipalities may fax the request form to ADEM at 501-683-7890.Municipalities may seek FEMA 75 percent reimbursements for eligible disaster-related infrastructure repairs (roads, bridges, parks, public utilities, etc.); disaster debris removal and emergency protective measures caused by the disaster, such as police overtime.Municipalities impacted by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding must have had damage between April 26 and...