Almost 10 months ago, heavy rains brought flooding, landslides and mudslides to several counties along Colorado’s Front Range. Since that time, nearly $449 million in grants, reimbursements, low-interest loans and insurance payments to individuals, businesses and communities has been approved by the State of Colorado, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
In all, Individual Assistance was extended to 11 counties, while 18 counties were eligible for Public Assistance. The counties receiving IA were Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Morgan and Weld. The counties designated for PA were Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Crowley, Denver, El Paso, Fremont, Gilpin, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Washington and Weld.
Ten months later, FEMA and the Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator continue to work closely with the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Colorado Recovery Office. Going forward, the FDRC will continue to manage the coordination of recovery programs with other federal agencies as well as on-going FEMA recovery programs.
A few milestones from the Colorado flood disaster:
• One month after the disaster, more than $60 million dollars was in the hands of survivors to help with the cleanup and rebuilding of their homes and lives. One hundred days after the disaster, more than $204 million was helping survivors recover.
• FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance teams canvassed hundreds of neighborhoods, visiting more than 62,000 homes and 2,741 businesses to provide information on a vast array of services and resources available to eligible applicants and made follow-up contacts in hundreds of cases.
• More than 21,500 survivors were able to visit 26 State/federal Disaster Recovery Centers to get one-on-one briefings on available assistance, low-interest loans and other information.
• Transitional Sheltering Assistance was activated Sept. 22 to house applicants in 177 hotels. That program closed Dec. 15 after sheltering a total of 1,067 households. Following TSA, the housing mission provided 54 Manufactured Housing Units to house 47 households. Twenty-three households have vacated 27 units since the onset of the program.
• Nearly 54 percent of Public Assistance permanent repair work and more than 65 percent of large (more than $67,500) Public Assistance projects contain mitigation measures to lessen the impact of similar disasters on publicly owned infrastructure.
• Public Assistance worked closely with state and county officials not only to reimburse for repairs or replacement of infrastructure, but also to remove hazards from streams. PA also implemented new Alternative Procedures (PAAP) pilot program created by the Sandy Recovery and Improvement Act to streamline the reimbursement process for permanent repairs to or replacement of disaster-damaged infrastructure.
Federal assistance and obligations by county:
Adams
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $1,111,231
Other Needs Assistance: $136,457
Total IA Assistance: $1,247,688
Small Business Administration Assistance:
Homeowner Loans: $1,634,200
Business Loans: $80,500
Total SBA Assistance: $1,714,700
Public Assistance: $6,092,859
Arapahoe
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $3,279,187
Other Needs Assistance: $295,250
Total IA Assistance: $3,574,437
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $3,769,300
Business Loans: $252,800
Total SBA Assistance: $4,022,100
Public Assistance: $2,205,031
Boulder
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $32,868,721
Other Needs Assistance: $2,307,482
Total IA Assistance: $35,176,203
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $50,300,100
Business Loans: $14,430,600
Total SBA Assistance: $64,730,700
Public Assistance: $82,041,560
Clear Creek
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $244,111
Other Needs Assistance: $2,674
Total IA Assistance: $246,785
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $142,200
Business Loans: $29,600
Total SBA Assistance: $171,800
Public Assistance: $1,134,005
Crowley
Public Assistance: $239,576
Denver
Public Assistance: $2,405,472
El Paso
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $1,578,069
Other Needs Assistance: $194,261
Total IA Assistance: $1,772,330
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $1,785.900
Business Loans: $370,100
Total SBA Assistance: $2,156,000
Public Assistance: $7,186,433
Fremont
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $59,352
Other Needs Assistance: $1,950
Total IA Assistance: $61,302
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $45,400
Total SBA Assistance: $45,400
Public Assistance: $799,341
Gilpin
Public Assistance: $448,147
Jefferson
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $38,442
Other Needs Assistance: $1,561,089
Total IA Assistance: $1,599,531
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $2,662,600
Business Loans: $450,000
Total SBA Assistance: $3,112,600
Public Assistance: $7,692,622
Lake
Public Assistance: $156,570
Larimer
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $6,547,742
Other Needs Assistance: $396,376
Total IA Assistance: $6,944,118
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $9,053,400
Business Loans: $11,265,000
Total SBA Assistance: $20,318,400
Public Assistance: $49,302,684
Lincoln
Public Assistance: $96,737
Logan
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $491,539
Other Needs Assistance: $42,875
Total IA Assistance: $534,414
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $1,312,100
Business Loans: $179,200
Total SBA Assistance: $1,491,300
Public Assistance: $590,548
Morgan
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $82,381
Other Needs Assistance: $8,292
Total IA Assistance: $90,673
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $65,400
Total SBA Assistance: $65,400
Public Assistance: $3,403,673
Sedgwick
Public Assistance: $20,618
Washington
Public Assistance: $277,783
Weld
Individual Assistance
Housing Assistance: $8,676,604
Other Needs Assistance: $1,502,403
Total IA Assistance: $10,179,007
Small Business Administration Assistance
Homeowner Loans: $9,541,600
Business Loans: $1,179,400
Total SBA Assistance: $10,721,000
Public Assistance: $17,918,448
Statewide Agencies
Public Assistance: $31,220,892
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