Vermont Business Magazine Government agencies, private nonprofits and houses of worship in Essex County can now apply for FEMA to reimburse their costs to remove debris and restore infrastructure damaged in Vermont’s July floods.
This amendment makes Essex County eligible for two additional categories of FEMA’s Public Assistance program: debris removal, and permanent repairs to public infrastructure including roads, bridges, buildings, parks and utilities. The county is already eligible for reimbursement of emergency protective measures it took to prevent damage during the storms.
Eleven other counties are also eligible for all categories of Public Assistance – Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham and Windsor – while emergency protective measures can be reimbursed statewide.
To learn more or apply, email Vermont Emergency Management at [email protected] or visit their website at Home Page | Vermont Emergency Management.
For the latest updates on Vermont’s recovery, visit fema.gov/disaster/4720. Follow the FEMA Region 1 account at Twitter twitter.com/FEMARegion1 or the FEMA Facebook page at facebook.com/FEMA. Follow Vermont Emergency Management on Twitter at twitter.com/vemvt and on Facebook at facebook.com/VermontEmergencyManagement.
FEMA is committed to ensuring disaster assistance is accomplished equitably, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. Any disaster survivor or member of the public may contact the FEMA Civil Rights Office if they feel that they are the victim of discrimination. FEMA’s Civil Rights Office can be contacted toll-free at 833-285-7448. Multilingual operators are available.
Source: 9.12.2023. WILLISTON, Vt. — FEMA
