Dallas County residents affected by last week’s severe storms are now eligible to apply for federal disaster aid, officials announced Wednesday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been canvassing areas of Texas pounded by tornadoes and storms in recent weeks. The damage caused by the weather prompted a federal disaster declaration and made available FEMA programs designed to help local and state governments with debris removal and infrastructure repairs.
Specific counties were designated to allow individuals to apply for financial assistance.
Disaster 4781 covers storm damage dating to April 26 in more than two dozen Texas counties, including Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and Kaufman.
The program provides help with expenses such as temporary housing, emergency home repairs, uninsured and underinsured personal property losses, disaster legal services, disaster unemployment assistance, and medical, dental, and funeral expenses caused by the disaster.
To apply for the aid, homeowners and renters can visit disasterassistance.gov, download the FEMA app for mobile devices or call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins in a Wednesday news release thanked President Joe Biden for the disaster declaration and county and FEMA for their work documenting the damage.
“Individual Assistance opens up the door for FEMA to provide assistance to homeowners and renters for damage and losses not covered by insurance,” he said.
