Residents Now May Visit Mobile Disaster Center in St. Helena Parish 

Release Date: September 16, 2008
Release Number: 1786-025

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Residents and business owners in St. Helena Parish now may stop by the Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Greensburg through Saturday, Sept. 20, to get answers to their disaster assistance questions and check on the status of their applications.

Customer service representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the state and other agencies staff the center, which is located at 247 Industrial Park Road, Greensburg, La. 70441.

All DRCs are open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice, according to FEMA.

This brings the total of open DRCs to nine. Additional centers will be announced as they become available. Applicants may visit any DRC, not just the ones located within their parishes.

It's best if homeowners, renters and business owners affected by Hurricane Gustav or Hurricane Ike register for assistance before visiting a DRC to help reduce wait time. People in designated parishes who were impacted by both hurricanes must register twice, once for each disaster.

Due to high call volume, officials encourage those individuals who have computer access to the Internet to register online at www.fema.gov. Residents also may register by calling the telephone registration line, 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) (TTY 1-800-462-7585).

Telephone and online registration are available 24 hours a day seven days a week until further notice; however, callers will have less wait time if they call during off-peak hours or on a Sunday.

Other locations are:

Avoyelles Parish                                                         Iberville Parish
Avoyelles Parish Shopping Center                                  Iberville Parish Library                         
(Next to Popeye’s Chicken)                                           24605 J. Gerald Berret Boulevard          
816 Tunica Drive East                                                   Plaquemine, LA  70764
Marksville, LA 71351

Lafourche Parish                                                        Livingston Parish
Old Walmart Building                                                    Old State Police Camp
4876 Highway 1                                                            Classroom # 2
Mathews, LA 70375                                                      11845 Buddy Ellis Road
Denham Springs, LA  70726

Orleans Parish                                                             Point Coupee                                     
Main Library                                                                 Scott Civic Center                                
219 Loyola Avenue                                                       1200 Major Parkway    
New Orleans, LA  70112                                               New Roads, LA 70760

St. Tammany Parish                                                    Terrebonne Parish
Public Works Building                                                    Old Bingo Hall
1100 Mandeville High Boulevard                                    805 Barrow Street
Mandeville, LA  70471                                                   Houma, LA  70360

An SBA customer service representative can meet individually with each applicant to provide assistance in completing his or her disaster loan application and to accept completed disaster loan applications.  Returning the applications is a key part of the disaster recovery process even for individuals who do not want a loan.

FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.

Last Modified: Friday, 26-Sep-2008 13:22:38