AUSTIN, Texas – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is committed to helping all eligible disaster survivors recover from the recent Texas flooding and sever storms, including U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals and qualified residents. Understand What’s Required to Register for FEMA Assistance To register for FEMA’s Individual or Household Programs, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national and qualified resident to be eligible for monetary disaster assistance. However, undocumented families with diverse immigration status only need one family member (including minor children) who is a citizen and has a social...

AUSTIN, Texas – State and federal recovery officials urge residents affected by the severe storms and flooding in South Texas to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud. In nearly every disaster, fraud has become a serious problem. Many people have been deceived and many perpetrators have been sent to federal prison for long terms. As government agencies and charitable groups begin providing disaster assistance, scam artists, identity thieves and other criminals may attempt to prey on vulnerable survivors. The most common post-disaster fraud practices include phony housing...

Survivors who registered with Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance because of the severe storms and flooding that occurred in South Texas between June 24-25, 2019, will receive a determination letter explaining the eligibility decision and the reason for that decision.   If you got a letter, email or text from FEMA declining your application for assistance and you disagree with the determination, you have the right to appeal.  It’s important to read the determination letter carefully to identify the reason for being declared ineligible. Some common reasons include: The person is...

AUSTIN, Texas – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $1 million to League City for emergency communications, evacuations and sheltering following Hurricane Harvey.  League City opened an Emergency Operations Center to coordinate search and rescue efforts, outside resources and damage assessments. The city managed debris removal contracts, provided emergency information to the public and offered evacuation and sheltering for residents at four locations. The police secured all shelters and city buildings while also providing transportation to affected residents. And, the fire department performed water rescues and conducted...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Four more counties in Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for FEMA’s Public Assistance funding to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas that sustained damage from the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding between May 7 and June 9, 2019.  Caddo, Kay, Kiowa and Woodward counties may now request reimbursements under the Public Assistance grant program. Assistance would cover eligible disaster-related debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair or rebuilding of public facilities, such as roads, bridges, water control facilities, buildings, equipment, public utilities,...