PEARL, Miss. (FEMA) – The deadline for registering with FEMA has passed, but that does not mean FEMA is leaving. FEMA continues working with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to help survivors and communities recover from Hurricane Ida. The deadline to apply for disaster assistance was Dec...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The deadline to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance following Hurricane Ida ends today, December 22, 2021. However, residents who have already applied for FEMA Individual Assistance have 18 months from the disaster declaration date (October 22, 2021) to submit paperwork...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Mississippi homeowners, renters, business owners and nonprofits in Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson counties who had property damage or other uninsured losses caused by Hurricane Ida have less than one week left to apply for federal...

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses of all sizes, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners, and renters in Mississippi of the Dec. 21 deadline to apply for physical damage disaster loans. Anyone in the declared counties with damages affected by Hurricane...

(FEMA) - As eligible Mississippians begin to receive federal assistance, FEMA urges applicants to use the money for disaster-related expenses only as allowed. FEMA will send you a notification letter informing you of the types of assistance you are eligible to receive, and the amounts of assistance...

PEARL, Miss. – The State’s Disaster Assistance Repair Program (DARP) provides counties with up to $250,000 in increments of $50,000 for building materials to help communities recover following a disaster. Through this program, the State grants funding only for the building materials. The county is...

PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency’s Registration Intake Centers in seven counties will remain open for Veterans Day, November 11, 2021 from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Those living in Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson counties could be...

PEARL, Miss. – At the request of affected counties, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will open seven Disaster Registration Intake Centers for residents in the recently declared counties for individual assistance following Hurricane Ida. Those living in Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson...

WASHINGTON – Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in Mississippi following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declaration due to Hurricane Ida that occurred Aug. 28 through Sept. 1, 2021. “SBA’s mission...

strong>PEARL, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves’ request for Individual and Public Assistance (FEMA-4626-DR-MS) for counties affected by Hurricane Ida was approved by President Biden. Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday, August 29, 2021 near Port Fourchon, Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane with...