NOTE – Beneath this article from OPB is the latest public advise from Lane County’s McKenzie Rebuilds service on what to do if FEMA declines your request for help, this is their dedicated FEMA advice page here. Source: OPB.org By April Ehrlich (Jefferson Public Radio) More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after…
Source: OSWA.org Emergency Forest Restoration Program application deadline extended to January 30, 2021. Do you need financial assistance to pay for re-planting burned areas? Under the USDA Emergency Forest Restoration Program you may qualify for funding to cover up to 75% of the cost of re-planting some of the areas that burned. The deadline for…
Merkley, Western Senators Push Senate Leadership To Provide Housing Assistance To Communities Impacted by 2020 Wildfires WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), are pushing Senate leaders to deliver critical housing assistance to Americans struggling to find…
Lane County Veteran Services is available to assist with any questions regarding VA benefits or health care. Please do not hesitate to call with any inquiries about current benefits or eligibility or even to just get general information about what may be available. Also, there are some veteran-specific emergency financial assistance programs. The Oregon Department of…
Source: McKenzieRebuilds.org We are hearing reports from Holiday Farm Fire survivors that their applications to FEMA for individual assistance were denied. It is important that you know you have the right to appeal if you are denied. Often denials are because FEMA is missing a piece of information or document. Some common reasons for denial…
Source: Oregon.gov Salem, OR—Salem, Ore. – The deadline for survivors of Oregon wildfires to apply for FEMA individual disaster assistance and low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is extended to Monday, Nov. 30. The extension agreed upon by the state and FEMA is for survivors living in counties designated for individual…
For all those FEMA geeks out there, we came across this useful, if voluminous, document that outlines FEMA’s policies effective as of June 1st 2020. This, of course, covers the Holiday Farm Fire and most of the other wildfires we have suffered in Oregon this year. This is not bedtime reading but might prove useful…
The External Outreach Site is now Closed but Help is Still Available The FEMA External Outreach Site in Eugene located at Lane Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave., Eugene, Oregon, ceased operations on Oct. 31, but Help is Still Available, see below. Oregon Residents: Still Time to Apply for FEMA Disaster Assistance SALEM, Ore.–Oregon residents…
FEMA Approves Increase in Fair Market Value Rate to 125% for Oregon Survivors Good news for the survivors of the Oregon wildfires. Yesterday FEMA approved the increase in the Fair Market Rental rate (FMR) to 125% for Lane, Linn, Marion, and Lincoln County. Increasing the FMR will continue to put Rental Assistance directly in the…
If you have not yet applied for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) now is the time as the deadline for new applications is tomorrow the October 23rd. We have embedded the application instructions below but be warned they require a lot of paperwork to support your application. Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is funded by FEMA and…