FEMA Deadline Monday, SBA Disaster Loan Centers Set To Close
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Release Number: 1858-078
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- Monday is the final day people can apply for federal disaster
grants and low-interest loans for the September floods in Georgia. The total
disaster assistance provided so far exceeds
$93 million.
A widespread outreach effort by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency
(GEMA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has resulted in more than 27,000 applications for
federal assistance. Families, individuals and businesses that have not already
registered have just days left to ask for federal financial aid.
Flood survivors can apply for help by calling
800-621-FEMA
(3362),
TTY 800-462-7585. Phone lines are open every
day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET. Help is available in all languages. Registrations
also are accepted online until midnight Monday at
www.DisasterAssistance.gov.
SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers and Business Recovery Centers will cease
operations at close of business Monday, Nov. 23, following approximately 1,000
in-person visits from flood survivors in less than a month. The centers offer
one-on-one assistance with loan paperwork to families, individuals and
businesses of all sizes. To date, the SBA has approved more than 1,100 disaster
loans totaling more than $41 million.
People can contact the SBA Customer Service Center at
800-659-2955 or
TTY 800-877-8339 Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET or send an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
or visit www.sba.gov.
Officials urge flood survivors who have not registered for disaster
assistance to call FEMA today.
People who need one-on-one help with SBA loan paperwork should visit one of
the following locations by close of business Friday or Monday:
SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers
(closed on the
weekend)
Cherokee
County
Parks and Recreation Gym
7545 Main
Street
Building 200
Woodstock, GA 30188
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
DeKalb
County
Browns Mill Recreation Center
5101
Browns Mill Road
Lithonia, GA 30058
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fulton
County
Government Center
141 Pryor Street
SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cobb
County
The Threadmill
Suite 120
5000
Austell/Powder Springs Rd.
Austell, GA 30106
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Douglas
County
Old Douglas County Courthouse
6754 Broad
Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gwinnett
County
Mountain Park Depot
5050 Five Forks
Trickum Rd.
Lilburn, GA 30047
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SBA Business Recovery Centers
(closed on the weekend)
Cobb
County
Powder Springs Library
4181 Atlanta
Street
Powder Springs, 30127
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Douglas
County
Chamber of Commerce
6658 Church
Street
Douglasville, GA 30134
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fulton
County
Government Service Center
7741 Roswell
Road
Atlanta, GA 30350
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that
as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to
prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all
hazards.
