A Disaster Survivor Assistance team is at the Tallahatchie County Safe Room in Charleston this week to offer ice storm victims information about possible economic aid and resources
The Safe Room, located at 185 S. Market St. — directly behind Bank of Commerce — is open to the public from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily from Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.on Saturday, May 16.
At the site, residents can receive in-person Federal Emergency Management Agency registration, assistance information and referrals to recovery resources.
Small Business Administration personnel will be at the site.
In-person visitation is not necessary to apply for FEMA assistance. Individuals can apply for assistance by registering online at www.disasterassistance.gov, by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or by using the FEMA app. Anyone who uses a relay service, such as a video relay service, captioned telephone service or others, is asked to provide FEMA with the number for that service.
Federal funding is available to affected individuals in Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington, Yalobusha and Yazoo counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the disaster's effects.
The federal government's official disaster designation for the Jan. 23-27 severe winter storm is DR-4899-MS.
