Fact Sheets
Region 9’s Youth Preparedness Toolkit is for young people and youth leaders interested in emergency preparedness. Organized by age group (elementary, junior high, and high school), the Toolkit includes activities from FEMA, partner organizations, and local governments. It also provides a Youth Leader Resource Hub focused on school safety, planning, and inclusion.
If you received two months of FEMA rental assistance after Tropical Storm Helene and need more time to plan your recovery, you may be eligible for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance. Under the Individuals and Households Program, if you provide the required documents, you may receive rental assistance for another three months and possibly longer, if needed.
If you applied for FEMA assistance, reach out to FEMA to track your application, update your information or make any changes.
FEMA assistance for the residents of Virginia affected by Hurricane Helene includes a variety of programs. Below is a summary of the types of assistance currently available.
If your home was damaged by Hurricanes Milton, Helene or Debby, contact your community’s local floodplain manager or building and permitting departments to determine what steps you’ll need to take before starting repairs.
Temporary housing is available from FEMA for eligible residents of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties that were impacted by the flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
Local, state, federal and voluntary agencies are helping Floridians affected by Hurricanes Milton, Helene and Debby. In many cases, one or more resources may be able to fill in gaps for disaster survivors.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice to the public of its intent to provide financial assistance to the State of Georgia, local and Indian tribal governments, and private nonprofit organizations under major disaster declaration FEMA-4821-DR-GA.
FEMA grant assistance is available to homeowners and renters in the seven designated counties with uninsured or underinsured loss caused by the July 13 – 16 severe storms. FEMA partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help meet the needs of disaster survivors. The SBA offers long term, low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses and private nonprofits in a declared major disaster area.
FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing Program provides a variety of interim housing options for wildfire survivors, including modular units known as Alternative Transportable Temporary Housing Units. These units can be placed on a homeowner’s lot, known as a “primary” site. Or, the unit may be placed on a vacant “secondary” site that can accommodate two or more of these ATTHUs.