HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-07-30 FEMA Registration Deadline for Kilauea Damage is August 13 -- press release
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July 30, 2018
HI-EMA-PIO: 808-733-4300
NEWS DESK: 808-851-7928
News Release
FEMA Registration Deadline for Kilauea Damage is Aug. 13
HONOLULU
earthquakes have through Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 to register for disaster assistance with FEMA.
Recovery officials urge residents who have yet to register to do so by visiting the Disaster Recovery
Center now located at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility, 15-2908 Pahoa Village Road in Pahoa.
Hours at the recovery center are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Saturday. The center is closed on Sundays.
Survivors may also register online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by phone at 800-621-3362 or
(TTY) 800-462-7585. Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay service may call 800-621-3362.
The toll-free numbers are open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
Disaster assistance can include FEMA grants for temporary housing, home repairs and replacement,
as well as low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans are
available to businesses, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters to cover losses not fully
compensated by insurance or other recoveries.
Aug. 13 is also the deadline to file a loan application for physical damages with the SBA. Applicants
may apply to the SBA online at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela
Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more
information on SBA disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may call
(800) 877-8339.
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e of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged
private property. SBA helps businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters fund
repairs or rebuilding efforts and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These
disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits
of other agencies or organizations.