Registrations are pouring in briskly to FEMA with more than $3.3 million in federal assistance approved for individuals and households to help survivors start their recovery.
According to FEMA Communications Specialist Yvonne Smith, seven mobile centers have been set up in Caldwell, Fulton, Graves, Hart, Hopkins, Marshall and Muhlenberg counties, along with two Disaster Recovery Centers that opened in Hopkins and Warren counties to assist survivors affected by the severe storms.
The $3.3 million includes $2.23 million approved for housing assistance and over $1 million approved for other disaster-related needs. In addition, FEMA has completed more than 1,800 home inspections.
FEMA officials are also alerting survivors to fraud. They say survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after a disaster. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses, and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.
If a FEMA inspector comes to your home and you did not submit a FEMA application, your information may have been used without your knowledge to create a FEMA application. If so, federal officials say you need to inform the inspector that you did not apply for FEMA assistance so they can submit a request to stop further processing of the application.
If you did not apply for assistance but received a letter from FEMA, you should call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 to submit a request to stop any further processing of that application.
To register for FEMA assistance, mobile registration centers are open from 8: a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Butler Gymnasium, located at 600 West Main Street, in Princeton, and at the Dawson Springs Library located at 103 West Ramsey Street.
The deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is February 11, 2022.
