FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
If you or someone you know needs disaster relief from the floods, see the information: For Claims from flood that are underinsured or not insured call: Federal Disaster Relief – 800-621-3362. Federal Relief has been granted to the following counties at this time: Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Crockett, Davidson, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Madison, Maury, McNairy, Montgomery, Obion, Perry, Roberstson, Rutherford, Shelby, Sumner, Tipton and Williamson counties.. Additional counties are expected to be added. You cannot file for assistance until your county has been added to the disaster counties list.
To make a claim listen to prompt –
Making a claim takes approximately 18 minutes by phone prompts. Before you call you should have the following:
-Names and Date of Births for all household members
-Name of current insurance carrier (if any)
-SSN of adults in household
-Gross income for household
-Address of flood location
-If you have relocated address of relocation
-Phone numbers
-We recommend you write down the inspectors ID number you speak to.
-We recommend you take as many pictures as possible of the flooded area.
Once the claim is filed you should expect 10 days before an inspector will schedule a date to see the flooded area. Then you should expect another 10-14 days to process your claim.
This process for applying for disaster relief is for grants and temporary housing for families, if you are a business you will be prompted to make a filing through the Small Business Administration SBA . The information needed for completing a SBA loan application is at the WWW.FEMA.GOV website or you may call SBA at 800-659-2955 or WWW.SBA.GOV. If you have any questions please call us. We want to help you.
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