FEMA assistance now available for Nacogdoches, Polk County residents affected by Beryl

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas ( KETK ) — Polk and Nacogdoches County residents are now eligible for FEMA assistance for damages related to Beryl.

Homeowners and renters can apply for serious needs assistance , a one-time $750 payment per household that can help pay for essential items including water, food, prescriptions, first aid, infant formula and diapers.

Texans can also apply for displacement assistance , that provides money to those who have immediate housing needs and cannot return to their home because of the disaster. The money given can be used to stay at a hotel, with family and friends or for other options while they look for temporary housing.

FEMA said those applying will need:

• Current phone number where they can be reached
• Address at the time of the disaster and an address where they are now staying
• Social security number
• General list of damage and losses
• Banking information for those who choose direct deposit
• For those insured, the policy number or company name

Those who initially applied for FEMA assistance after the April 26-June 5 storms and who had additional damage from Beryl can file a separate application.

“There have been circumstances where there’s one storm right after the other. So again, we look at this as if it’s a whole new page and as if you had been restored and you had started all over again. So let’s start unpacking this new disaster and find out what damages have occurred at that time,” LaTanga Hopes with FEMA said.

Hopes added that anyone affected by the April-June storms still has 30 days from Monday to apply for assistance from their damage during those storms.

To apply, people can go to DisasterAssistance.gov , download the FEMA app , call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-3362 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. or visit a FEMA disaster recovery center near them.

Other counties approved for FEMA assistance include Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Orange, San Jacinto, Walker and Wharton counties.

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