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Flood Victims Have Until Oct. 13 to Register with FEMA
DES MOINES, Iowa - People who suffered flood damage in Iowa this year — who already may have registered for assistance with local, county, state or voluntary agencies — must register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be considered for federal assistance.
The deadline for applications is Oct. 13. (Please note, this is a correction, a previous version of this story incorrectly said the deadline was the 31st.) Those who register with FEMA will receive a 9-digit Disaster Registration Number that they need throughout the process. To register: • Go online to www.disasterassistance.gov, or call the toll-free FEMA registration line at 1-(800) 621-FEMA (3362). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals can call a TTY line at 1-(800) 462-7585. The hours for phone registration are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time, seven days a week. Multilingual operators are available. • Have this information ready when you register: current address, the address of the damaged property, contact information where FEMA can reach you, Social Security number, household composition, insurance and income information. • Register even if you are insured. Your insurance may not cover all your damage and some damage may not show up until later. Call your insurance company and then register with FEMA. Legal assistance Flood victims encountering legal issues may be able to get free advice from Disaster Legal Services. To be eligible, disaster survivors must be below certain income guidelines and live, work or own a business in one of the Iowa counties declared for FEMA Individual Assistance. Those counties in Eastern Iowa are Black Hawk, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson and Jones. The toll-free number for Disaster Legal Services is 1-(877) 775-8882. Callers — who must be registered with FEMA for individual assistance — may receive help with issues such as landlord/tenant problems, legal documents lost in the disaster, home repair contracts, and medical and property insurance claims. Volunteer attorneys in Iowa will staff the legal helpline from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. At other times, callers will be asked to leave a voice-mail message, and a volunteer attorney will return the call within 24 hours. Assistance is not available for cases that could produce a fee. Those cases will be referred to a local attorney referral service. Free counseling FEMA also is funding counseling for flood victims who are struggling with recovery or feeling overwhelmed. The grant is for immediate services for individuals living in Delaware, Fayette, Hamilton, Jasper, Jones, Marion, Polk, Story and Warren counties. The crisis counseling services providers are as follows: • Delaware – Abbe Center for Community Health • Fayette – Abbe Center for Community Health • Hamilton – The Richmond Center • Jasper – Capstone Behavioral Healthcare • Jones – Abbe Center for Community Health • Marion – Capstone Behavioral Healthcare • Polk – Polk County Health Services • Story – The Richmond Center • Warren – Polk County Health Services Call 1-(800) 447-1985 to be connected with a counseling outreach worker. More Good Stuff |
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