NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency released a snapshot of state and federal assistance approved in the six months since Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on Aug. 29.
Individual Assistance
- More than 563,500 applications for individual assistance have been approved
- More than $1.16 billion has been distributed to survivors
- More than $334 million has been provided in grants for repair
- More than $309 million allotted for rental assistance
- 40 Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) have opened across 17 parishes
- More than 76,000 Louisianians have used the DRCs to submit disaster assistance applications
Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved more than 25,500 applications for low-interest disaster loans totaling $1.28 billion including:
- 25,637 home loans for nearly $1.2 billion
- 1,623 business loans for more than $103 million
Hazard Mitigation/National Flood Insurance Program
- The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) have paid out more than 14,500 claims totaling more than $640 million.
- Mitigation specialists have interacted with 22,000 survivors about repairing and rebuilding their homes safer and stronger.
- Hazard Mitigation’s web resources or Louisiana Vietnamese Mitigation have resulted in more than 18,000 individual page visits.
Public Assistance
- 510 applicants have requested assistance from FEMA’s Public Assistance and more than $150 million has been obligated to date.
- Approximately 22.5 million cubic yards of debris have been removed. That is nearly the equivalent of filling the Superdome 2 times (11 mill cu yd = Superdome).
FEMA Direct Temporary Housing
- 1,481 households are currently in temporary housing units and other facilities directly leased by FEMA
- 4,503 households have been approved for FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing program