DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that 10 additional counties ravaged by the derecho wind storm have been approved for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individual Assistance Program, but Dallas County is not one of the counties.
Of the 27 counties for whom Reynolds requested individual assistance in her Aug. 16 request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration, 16 counties were deemed by FEMA to “not have sufficient damage to be approved for the Individual Assistance Program,” according to Reynolds’ Tuesday statement.
Dallas County was among the counties denied individual assistance in spite of the county’s suffering an estimated $9.3 million in private and public damage, according to the Dallas County office of Emergency Management.
Linn County received FEMA approval for individual assistance Aug. 20, and now residential and commercial property owners in Benton, Boone, Cedar, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Story and Tama counties have also been approved for the FEMA funds.
The federal assistance provides disaster-affected homeowners, renters and businesses with programs and services to maximize recovery, including assistance with housing, personal property replacement, and medical expenses.
That really sucks!!