CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Two additional Disaster Recovery Centers in West Virginia have opened in Clay and Nicholas counties to provide recovery assistance to survivors of the June 22 severe storms, floods, mudslides and landslides.
The latest centers are:
Clay County
Clay County High School
1 Panther Dr.
Clay, WV 25043
Nicholas County
Nicholas County High School
30 Grizzley Ln.
Summersville, WV 26651
Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), various state agencies, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) staff the centers, giving survivors a chance to discover what programs are available to help them, and to get their questions answered.
Weather permitting, all recovery centers are open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until further notice. To locate the closest center, survivors can either visit http://go.usa.gov/x3NnJ or download the FEMA App to their mobile device. Before visiting a center, survivors can register with FEMA by going online to DisasterAssistance.gov, or by calling 800-621-3362. Video Relay Service (VRS) or 711 users can call 800-462-7585.
The other centers are:
Greenbrier County Mobile Disaster Recovery Center Southeastern Labor Council, AFL-CIO 65 West Main St. White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
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Roane County Geary Elementary School 9538 Clay Rd. Left Hand, WV 25251
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Town Hall 201 Kanawha Ave. Rainelle, WV 25962
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Summers County Summers County Memorial Building Gym 451 1st Ave. Hinton, WV 25951
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Kanawha County Kanawha County School Operations Center 3300 Pennsylvania Ave. Charleston, WV 25302
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Webster County Webster Springs Municipal Building City Council Room 143 McGraw Ave. Webster Springs, WV 26288 |
Nicholas County City of Richwood City Hall Richwood, WV 26261 |
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Registering with FEMA is the first step towards qualifying for disaster assistance which may include grants to help homeowners and renters pay for temporary housing, essential home repairs, personal property replacements and other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance.
SBA offers low-interest disaster loans for businesses of all sizes, homeowners, renters and private non-profit organizations. SBA disaster loans may cover repairs, rebuilding, as well as the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property.
For more information about SBA loans, call SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955, email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or visit http://www.sba.gov/disaster. TTY users can call 800-877-8339. Applicants may also apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.
Additional information on West Virginia’s disaster recovery can be found by visiting fema.gov/disaster/4273, twitter.com/FEMA and fema.gov/blog.
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Disaster Recovery Centers Open in Clay and Nicholas Counties