{"id":32185,"date":"2024-07-16T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/?p=32185"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:06:33","slug":"update-from-fema-on-individual-and-public-assistance-hurricane-beryl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/2024\/07\/16\/update-from-fema-on-individual-and-public-assistance-hurricane-beryl\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from FEMA on Individual and Public Assistance \u2013 Hurricane Beryl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Passing on an update from FEMA’s Heritage Emergency National Task Force<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Texas Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you and your loved ones are continuing to stay safe from the impacts of the recent severe weather. Counties for the major disaster declaration (<\/strong>4798 | FEMA.gov<\/a>)<\/strong> have been approved for Individual Assistance (Designated Areas | FEMA.gov<\/a>). Please see the breakdown below of the current available assistance to Texas counties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

County<\/strong><\/td>Individual Assistance<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/td>Public Assistance<\/a> (Cat A-B)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Anderson<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Angelina<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Aransas<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Austin<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Bowie<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Brazoria<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Brazos<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Burleson<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Calhoun<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Cameron<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Camp<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Cass<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Chambers<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Cherokee<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Colorado<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
DeWitt<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Fayette<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Fort Bend<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Freestone<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Galveston<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Goliad<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Gregg<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Grimes<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Hardin<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Harris<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Harrison<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Hidalgo<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Houston<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Jackson<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Jasper<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Jefferson<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Kenedy<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Kleberg<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Lavaca<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Lee<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Leon<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Liberty<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Madison<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Marion<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Matagorda<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Milam<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Montgomery<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Morris<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Nacogdoches<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Newton<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Nueces<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Orange<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Panola<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Polk<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Refugio<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Robertson<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Rusk<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Sabine<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
San Augustine<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
San Jacinto<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
San Patricio<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Shelby<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Trinity<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Upshur<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Victoria<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Walker<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Waller<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Washington<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Webb<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Wharton<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/strong><\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
Willacy<\/strong><\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the Public Assistance Program Delivery Process, go to Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide Version 4 (fema.gov)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Diagram<\/a>
Diagram of phases in the FEMA public assistance program delivery process.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Individual Assistance<\/strong> is available to individuals and households. For disasters declared on or after March 22, 2024, FEMA\u2019s Individual Assistance program was expanded to include quicker access to needed funds including simplifying assistance for self-employed individuals such as self-employed artists and entrepreneurs. Learn more about this update in the Press Release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please see our previous blog post: Hurricane Beryl \u2013 resources for affected libraries<\/a>.

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Passing on an update from FEMA’s Heritage Emergency National Task Force. Dear Texas Colleagues, I hope you and your loved ones are continuing to stay safe from the impacts of the recent severe weather. Counties for the major disaster declaration (4798 | FEMA.gov) have been approved for Individual Assistance (Designated Areas | FEMA.gov). Please see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":31800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[773,12],"tags":[937],"class_list":["post-32185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emergency-response","category-general-announcements","tag-emergency-reponse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32185"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32223,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185\/revisions\/32223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/ld\/librarydevelopments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}