More than $23 million going to eastern Kentucky communities hit by 2022 floods

Communities in eastern Kentucky are receiving more funds to help with recovery from the 2022 floods. The money will help support counties, cities, and school districts whose budgets were directly impacted by the storm damage.

Jeff Noble is the Judge Executive for Breathitt County. His county is getting $3 million dollars from the Eastern Kentucky Safe Fund. He said these mean a lot to the people of eastern Kentucky.

“We’ve got a lot of people displaced, a lot of people leaving the county, and this here will just bring some hope and show we’re working hard and the governor is behind us.”

The Breathitt County Board of Education is also receiving $3.3 million dollars from the fund.

Robbie Williams is the Judge Executive for Floyd County. At a press conference on Thursday, he praised the help his county has received from the governor’s office. He said there is still a lot of work to do.

“This funding goes a long way toward filling those gaps and helping us in our recovery efforts and there is still a long way to go. I tell folks on the scale of 1-10 during the flood, in Floyd County it was a 10, but I look at my neighbors Breathitt, Knott, Letcher, Perry, it was a 15, it was just off the scale.”

Floyd County received $2.5 million dollars. The award amounts are based on requests by each entity and verified by the Department for Local Government for cities and counties and by the Kentucky Department of Education for the school district.

Here is a full list of recipients…

The city of Beattyville in Lee County will receive $350,000;

The city of Booneville in Owsley County will receive $325,000;.

Breathitt County will receive $3 million;

The Breathitt County Board of Education will receive $3,316,777;

The city of Buckhorn in Perry County will receive $500,000;

The city of Fleming-Neon in Letcher County will receive $350,000;

Floyd County will receive $2.5 million;

The city of Hindman in Knott County will receive $750,000;

The city of Jackson in Breathitt County will receive $400,000;

Knott County will receive $250,000;

Lee County will receive $869,319;

Letcher County will receive $5,468,401;

Owsley County will receive $350,000; and

Perry County will receive $5 million.

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