17 Kansas Counties Get Additional Federal Disaster Aid
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Release Number: 1699-019
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WICHITA, Kan. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that it is expanding assistance to 17 Kansas counties to help pay for emergency services and to repair or replace public facilities damaged by the May 4-18 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding.
Governmental entities, municipal authorities, and certain private nonprofit organizations in Clay, Chase, Cherokee, Doniphan, Douglas, Harper, Kingman, Leavenworth, Lyon, Nemaha, Osborne, Reno, Rice, Riley, Saline, Shawnee and Washington counties are now eligible for all categories of Public Assistance.
Public Assistance already had been available in Barton, Comanche, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth, Jackson, Kiowa, Lincoln, Osage, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Stafford and Wabaunsee counties.
Under the cost-share program, FEMA Public Assistance funds 75 percent of the cost for eligible work by state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations that provide public services. The state manages the grants for all projects. The remaining 25 percent non-federal share comes from state and local sources.
Applicants' Briefings will be held in the add-on counties. Further information is available through the Kansas Division of Emergency Management Public Assistance Branch.
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: Monday, 04-Jun-2007 13:12:52