FEMA extends winter storm assistance application through start of September
PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV) Update July 20, 2023, at 5:36 p.m.- The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed Thursday that they will extend the deadline for online applications through September 1, 2023, for victims of the winter storms in Monterey County.
The Disaster Recovery Center located at Pajaro Middle School closed Thursday for those seeking in-person help.
You can apply here for disaster assistance. Anyone with questions call 1800-659-2955.
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Monterey County announced that the Disaster Recovery Center will close Friday and a new center will open up on Saturday at Pajaro Middle School.
The Pajaro Park Center will close at 7 p.m. Friday and will reopen at the middle school at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Pajaro Middle School center, located at 250 Salinas Road, will be open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with Spanish translators available.
"SBA offer low-interest federal disaster loans to assist in the disaster recovery. Homeowners, renters, businesses, and non-profit organization may be eligible for disaster assistance from SBA, due to physical damage or economic injury because of the severe winter storms and flooding that began on February 21 and continuing," said the county.
Recently, the U.S. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman said a policy change would offer 12 months of no payments and 0% interest. This is for all disaster loans approved in response to disasters declared on or after September 21, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
You can apply online for assistance, here.
