Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Evangeline Parish closing Friday
The Evangeline Parish mobile disaster recovery center at the North Side Civic Center in Ville Platte is closing at 6 p.m. Friday.
Are you a homeowner or renter whose home is uninhabitable or who lost valuables because of Louisiana’s recent severe storms and floods? It takes two steps to get possible federal help for these losses.
Step one: Apply for FEMA help.
The U.S. Small Business Administration continues its long-term recovery response to Louisiana flood survivors, providing face-to-face assistance at SBA business recovery centers, federal/state disaster recovery centers, and Small Business Development Centers.
Bobby Latiolais of Eunice confers with JoAnn Cooke at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Recovery Center at Word Ministries in Eunice. The center at 1960 West Laurel Avenue is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Federal assistance to help Louisiana disaster survivors and communities surpassed $1 billion less than four weeks after the Aug. 14 disaster declaration.
A mobile disaster recovery center opened Sunday, Sept. 4, in Evangeline Parish to assist Louisiana flood survivors. The center is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week, until further notice.
The mobile disaster recovery center is operating at the following address and hours:
