Two Disaster Recovery Centers in Cook County to Close

AURORA, Ill. –Two Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in Cook County will close at 6 p.m. Friday, June 21.

Cook County

1486 Miner St. (next to the Des Plaines Theater)

Des Plaines, IL 60616

Forest View Fire Department

7010 W. 46^th St.

Forest View, IL 60402

After the DRCs close, registration continues to be available in several ways: online at www.disasterassistance.gov or via web-enabled phone at m.fema.gov. Applicants may also call 800-621-3362 or (TTY) 800-462-7585. People who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services (VRS) can call 800-621-3362. For more information, visit the Illinois Disaster website www.fema.gov/disaster/4116.

Multilingual phone operators are available on the FEMA helpline. Choose Option 2 for Spanish and Option 3 for other languages.

For those who would rather visit an open DRC, go to www.FEMA.gov/disaster-recovery-centers. The deadline for registering is July 9.

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

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