State Representative
Dawn Pettengill
State of Iowa
Eighty-Second General Assembly
STATEHOUSE
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2008
Contact: State Representative Dawn Pettengill, (319) 610-3412
More rain swept through the state on Thursday, bringing further destruction from storm damage and flooding. This prompted Governor Culver to add 28 counties to the disaster list late Thursday evening, bringing the total number of counties under a Governor’s Emergency Proclamation to 83.
The additional counties are: Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clinton, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Mahaska, Madison, Mills, Monroe, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Shelby, Washington, Wayne, and Winnebago.
The list previously included: Adams, Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Carroll, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Crawford, Dallas, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Humboldt, Iowa, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Kossuth, Linn, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Monona, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Ringgold, Scott, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Webster, Winneshiek, Worth, and Wright.
Residents in these counties may be eligible for assistance from the Iowa Disaster Reimbursement Grant Program, which provides limited financial assistance to households that have disaster-related needs and are unable to meet such needs through other means. The program awards grants up to $3,319 per household to those meeting specific criteria. Information on this program may be found at http://www.dhs.iowa.gov/Consumers/Assistance_Programs/CashAssistance/DisasterAssistance/StormHelp.html Individuals are encouraged to apply for the grants as soon as possible.
Additional assistance is available through the Iowa Concern Hotline at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/ or by calling (800) 447-1985. Here those affected by flooding or storm damage may speak with stress counselors, and obtain legal & financial information, or help to identify the appropriate resources that may help in your particular situation.
The Iowa Department of Human Services has a hotline for disaster claims. To determine whether you are eligible to receive that state assistance, call (877) 937-3663.
For counties under a presidential disaster declaration, residents can call the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at (800) 621-3362, or go to www.fema.gov for additional federal assistance.
