What is Disaster Assistance?

Disaster assistance is money or direct assistance to individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance. It is meant to help you with critical expenses that cannot be covered in other ways. This assistance is not intended to restore your damaged property to its condition before the disaster.

While some housing assistance funds are available through our Individuals and Households Program, most disaster assistance from the Federal government is in the form of loans administered by the Small Business Administration.

· Call (800) 621-3362.

· Call TTY (800) 462-7585 for people with speech or hearing disabilities

What Information do I Need to Apply?

Whether applying online OR over the phone, you should have a pen and paper and the following information ready:

Your Social Security number. Current and pre-disaster address.
A telephone number where you can be contacted. Insurance information.
Total household annual income A description of your losses that were caused by the disaster.
A routing and account number from your bank (only necessary if you want to have disaster assistance funds transferred directly into your bank account)

After you've completed your application for assistance, you will receive a FEMA application number. Write down this number and keep it for future reference.

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