Officials have announced that homeowners and renters may be eligible for Clean and Sanitize Assistance from FEMA. They say Kentuckians whose homes were damaged by the May 21-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides may receive up to $300 toward cleaning expenses — even if the work is already completed.
According to FEMA, Kentuckians may qualify if:
- The impacted home was a primary residence and is located in one of the following Kentucky counties: Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Clay, Greenup, Hopkins, Knox, Logan, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Warren and Whitley.
- Based on a FEMA inspection, the home has disaster damage; or for renters, the inspector noted clean-up actions are needed or have already been done.
- Residents who have already cleaned up and saved their receipts from any supplies, materials or paid help.
- The damage is not covered by insurance.
- FEMA determines the disaster-damaged primary residence is safe to occupy.
To apply for FEMA Individual Assistance:
Visit a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center. To find your nearest Disaster Recovery Center, visit fema.gov/drc.
Call FEMA at 800-621-3362. Multilingual operators are available. If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA your number for that service.
Apply at disasterassistance.gov.
Download and use the FEMA app.
