BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana homeowners and renters who have registered for disaster assistance with FEMA following August storms and flooding are encouraged to stay in touch as the application is processed. The deadline for applying is Oct. 13.
Housing help, home repairs, and various other types of aid may be available to individuals who qualify with damage or loss from severe storms and flooding beginning August 11, 2016, and ending August 31, 2016. Federal funding may be available to affected individuals in Acadia, Ascension, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Landry, T. James, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
Once you have registered, you can contact FEMA to check the status of your application or ask questions about the federal disaster assistance process. If you change your address or phone number, you should update that information with FEMA. Missing or erroneous information could delay scheduling a home inspection or receiving assistance.
Homeowners and renters may update their information the following ways:
by going online to DisasterAssistance.gov;by calling 800-621-3362. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability and use a TTY may call 800-462-7585. Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay Service may also call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Multilingual operators are available.by talking face-to-face with a specialist at a disaster recovery center. Find the closest one at fema.gov/disaster-recovery-centers or by calling the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362.by downloading the FEMA mobile app.When updating your information, you should have on hand the nine-digit number you received when you registered. This number is on all correspondence you receive from FEMA and is a key identifier in tracking assistance requests.
For more information on the Louisiana recovery, visit the disaster webpage for the March storms at fema.gov/disaster/4277 or http://gohsep.la.gov/.
