FEMA approved an additional ten Louisiana parishes for individual assistance on Tuesday bringing the total number of parishes eligible for aid to 16. The ten parishes added are Acadia, Ouachita, Vermilion, Rapides, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn, Grant, Jackson, and Lincoln.
Individuals who sustained damage from Laura are urged to apply for FEMA assistance at fema.gov. The assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans for uninsured property loss and other programs to help people and businesses recover from Hurricane Laura.
Edwards says residents in these parishes who are now out of work because of the hurricane, can apply for disaster unemployment assistance, but there is a 30-day deadline from the time of each parish’s declaration to apply.
“They have to be unemployed as a direct result of the disaster, but not eligible for state benefits,” said Edwards.
Disaster unemployment is $108 per week.
While Edwards says he’s grateful for the critical needs assistance grants of $500 per household for those who are displaced from their homes, he is seeking more assistance.
“I’m happy that it is available, but I know that a lot more needs to be done which is why we continue to work to get all of the individual assistance that people can take advantage of,” said Edwards.
Edwards says applications are open and can be done at DisasterAssistance.gov.
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