Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update that additional approvals for Public Assistance were made by the White House for counties impacted by severe weather in April, meaning all 90 counties requested have been approved.
“The support is essential for the communities to rebuild, that we don’t see counties or city governments bankrupted by a natural disaster that just inflicts so much damage, so I’m grateful to the President and Secretary Noem,” Beshear said. “I also told the President that the FEMA team members on the ground after each of these natural disasters are doing great work for Kentuckians.”
Included in the second round of approvals were Bullitt and Hardin counties. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said Public Assistance is very important to the county’s recovery efforts.
“It’s a high expense for us, and as you know, and many people know, Hardin County Government’s budget is really, really tight, and this financial assistance is critical for us,” Taul said.
Taul said Public Assistance will help offset the cost of services related to responding to the severe weather such as additional ambulances as well as cleanup services such as dumpsters.
“You just start to add up all those costs, and then we on top of that have some significant damage to several county roads that when you add it all up, I haven’t got the exact number yet, but it’s probably going to push upward to maybe $1 million just for the county roads,” Taul said.
Friday is the deadline for homeowners and renters in the approved counties to apply for Individual Assistance. Visit FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Center at Kentucky State Police Post Four in Elizabethtown, go online to www.disasterassistance.gov, or call 1-800-621-3362 to apply.
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