News
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Vermillion and Wayne counties are now eligible to apply for federal aid to supplement state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit (PNP) organizations response efforts in the wake of storms and flooding that occurred earlier this year.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana state and local agencies and certain private nonprofit organizations that may be eligible for federal disaster assistance have only a few more days to apply before the July 25 deadline. Public Assistance (PA) funds for reimbursement or restoration are available in 32 Indiana counties as part of a presidential disaster declaration for damages by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds occurring on April 19 and April 22 to May 2, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 19 and ending June 6, 2011.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to Indiana to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds occurring on April 19, 2011, and April 22 to May 2, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 19, 2011, and continuing.
Geographic Information
![Map of declared counties for [Indiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (DR-1997)]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161110123341im_/https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large/gis/dec_1997.jpg)
Financial Assistance
If and when individual assistance money is approved for this disaster, it will be displayed here. Information is updated every 24 hours.
Public Assistance - Dollars Approved
Public Assistance DefinitionsPublic Assistance (PA): Disaster grant assistance available for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Emergency Work (Categories A-B): Work that must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards
*Dollars Approved: Assistance dollars approved but not necessarily disbursed.
*Dollars Obligated: Funds made available to the State via electronic transfer following FEMA's final review and approval of Public Assistance projects.
| Total Public Assistance Grants - Dollars Obligated* | Emergency Work (Categories A-B) - Dollars Obligated* | Permanent Work (Categories C-G) - Dollars Obligated* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Amount | $13,674,954.75 | $3,288,992.09 | $9,893,354.66 |
Related Links
Preliminary Damage Assessment
- Indiana, FEMA-1997-DR (PDF 22KB)