{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/hurricane-matthew-update-assistance-for-residents-and-businesses", "Hurricane Matthew Update: Assistance for Residents and Businesses", "2016-10-17", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "G. Butterfield", "B001251", "butterfield.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Disaster Assistance\nPresident Obama has designated the following counties eligible for individual assistance: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Harnett, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Pender, Pitt, and Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson Counties.\u00a0 Individuals residing in these counties can register with FEMA to access federal assistance the following ways:\n Apply online at\u00a0www.DisasterAssistance.gov,\n\tDownload the FEMA mobile app,\n\tCall the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 (FEMA). Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS) may also call 800-621-3362 to register. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability and use a TTY may call 800-462-7585.\n Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) also may be available to cover losses sustained by homeowners, renters, and businesses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations.\nContact the U.S. Small Business Administration\u2019s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center the following ways:\n\u00a0\nFEMA/State Disaster Recovery Centers Open in Wilson and Nash Counties\nNorth Carolina residents who suffered losses and damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew can get information about federal assistance at a disaster recovery center in Wilson County and Nash County.\nWilson County\nLocations:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DaVita Dialysis Center (Old Location)\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2693 Forest Hills Road\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wilson, N.C.\u00a0 27893\nHours: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. (until further notice)\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Monday \u2013 Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.\n\u00a0\nNash County\nLocation: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Imperial Centre\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0270 Gay Street\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804\nHours: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Monday \u2013 Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.\n\u00a0\nVisiting with a recovery specialist is not a requirement for individuals seeking disaster assistance, but the centers are an excellent way for people to get answers to questions about disaster aid and registration assistance. \u00a0Those impacted by the storm may go to the most convenient center, not necessarily one in their county.\nAssistance for eligible individuals can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, and for other serious disaster-related needs such as medical and dental expenses or funeral and burial costs.\nFor additional updates on hurricane recovery, call 2-1-1.\n\u00a0\nTransportation\nFor the latest updates on road closures, call 5-1-1 or visit www.ncdot.gov\n\u00a0\nNorth Carolina Assistance Programs\n United Way North Carolina 2-1-1: www.nc211.org/\n\tSalvation Army: (800) 725-2769\n\tCatholic Charities of Raleigh: (919) 790-8533\n\tDepartment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) disaster resources: (202) 708-1112, TTY: (202) 708-1455 or http://portal.hud.gov\n \u00a0\nEmployment Help\n\u00a0\nFood Needs\n\u00a0\nHealth and Human Services for Those in Need\n North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services:\u00a0 (919) 855-4800 or www.ncdhhs.gov\n \u00a0\nHelp for Low-Income Families\n\u00a0\nHousing Needs\n Housing Assistance:\u00a0www.nchousing.org\n\tRural Development\n\t\tMulti-Family Housing Programs: (919) 873-2050\n\t\t\tSingle Family Housing Programs: (919) 873-2051\n\t\t\n \u00a0\nTransportation\n Call 5-1-1 or use the ReadyNC\u00a0mobile app for the latest updates on road closures\n\tNorth Carolina Department of Transportation:\u00a0\u00a0 www.ncdot.gov\n\tDepartment of Motor Vehicles: \u00a0(919) 715-7000\n \u00a0\nUnemployment Assistance\n Department of Labor: (866) 487 2365, TTY (877) 889-5627\n\tNorth Carolina Division of Employment Security: \u00a0(866) 487 2365, TTY (877) 889-5627, www.ncesc.com\n \u00a0\nTear Out, Cleanout, Debris Removal, Mold Remediation\n\u00a0\nVolunteer Opportunities\n\u00a0\nFarmers and Livestock Producers\u00a0\nFSA offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following qualifying natural disasters. Available programs and loans include:\u00a0\n Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)\u00a0- provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters (includes native grass for grazing). Eligible producers must have purchased NAP coverage for 2016 crops.\n\tLivestock Indemnity Program (LIP) -\u00a0offers payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather. Eligible losses may include those determined by FSA to have been caused by hurricanes, floods, blizzards, wildfires, tropical storms, tornados lightening, extreme heat, and extreme cold. Producers will be required to provide verifiable documentation of death losses resulting from an eligible adverse weather event and must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent.\n\tTree Assistance Program (TAP) \u2013\u00a0provides assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree, shrub and vine losses due to natural disaster.\u00a0\u00a0\n\tEmergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) -\u00a0The objective of EFRP is to restore non-industrial private forest land (NIPF) damaged by natural disasters. Cost-share assistance is provided to owners of NIPF that has been damaged by a natural disaster such as Hurricane Matthew.\n\tEmergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) -\u00a0provides emergency relief for losses due to feed or water shortages, disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. ELAP covers physically damaged or destroyed livestock feed that was purchased or mechanically harvested forage or feedstuffs intended for use as feed for the producer's eligible livestock. In order to be considered eligible, harvested forage must be baled; forage that is only cut, raked or windrowed is not eligible. Producers must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent.\n\t\tELAP also covers up to 150 lost grazing days in instances when a producer has been forced to remove livestock from a grazing pasture due to floodwaters.\n\t\t\tFor beekeepers, ELAP covers beehive losses (the physical structure) in instances where the hive has been destroyed by a natural disaster including flooding, high winds and tornadoes.\n\t\t\n\tEmergency Loan Program \u2013\u00a0Available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous\u00a0Secretarial Disaster designation.\u00a0These low interest loans help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding.\n\tEmergency Conservation Program (ECP) - provides emergency funding for farmers and\u00a0livestock producers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters; includes fence loss.\n\tHayNet -is an Internet-based Hay and Grazing Net Ad Service allowing farmers and livestock producers to share 'Need Hay' ads and 'Have Hay' ads online. Farmers also can use another feature to post advertisements for grazing land, specifically ads announcing the availability of grazing land or ads requesting a need for land to graze.\u00a0www.fsa.usda.gov/haynet.\u00a0\n To establish or retain FSA program eligibility, farmers and livestock producers must report prevented planting and failed acres (crops and grasses). Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form\u00a0FSA-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and Risk Management Agency (RMA).\nFor more information on disaster assistance programs and loans visit\u00a0www.fsa.usda.gov/or contact your local FSA Office. 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