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<br /> <br />DR-4366-HI NR 019 <br />August 30, 2018 <br />HI-EMA-PIO: 808-733-4300 <br />NEWS DESK: 808-851-7928 <br />News Release <br /> <br />Kilauea Disaster Recovery Center Will Be Closed Labor Day Weekend <br /> <br />HONOLULU The joint federal/state/county disaster recovery center assisting residents with the <br />Kilauea eruption recovery will be closed for the Labor Day Weekend. <br /> <br />The Disaster Recovery Center at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility, 15-3022 Kauhale Street in Pahoa <br />will close for business at its normal time of 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 31, and will re-open for <br />business on Tuesday, September 4 at 8:00 a.m. <br /> <br />Hours will remain 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. weekdays, Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and <br />CLOSED Sundays. <br /> <br />Hawaii County residents or businesses who suffered damage or losses as the result of the eruption <br />have until Wednesday, September 12, to register for assistance with FEMA or the U.S. Small Business <br />Administration. <br />Survivors may also register at the Disaster Recovery Center; online at DisasterAssistance.gov; or by <br />phone at 800-621-3362 or (TTY) 800-462-7585. Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay service may <br />call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. <br />Disaster assistance can include FEMA grants for temporary housing, home repairs and replacement, <br />as well as low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans are <br />available to businesses, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters to cover losses not fully <br />compensated by insurance or other recoveries. <br />Applicants may apply to the SBA online at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Applicants may also call <br />-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for <br />more information on SBA disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may <br />call (800) 877-8339. <br /> <br />### <br /> <br />-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private <br />property. SBA helps businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters fund repairs or <br />rebuilding efforts and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These disaster loans cover <br />losses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or <br />organizations. <br />