Eunice flooding

More than 14,000 households receive Disaster Food Assistance

National Guard soldiers and Louisiana State Police were on hand at the Southeast Community Center in Eunice where the state Department of Children and Family Services issued disaster food benefits. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services issued more than $5.8 million in disaster food benefits to 14,267 households who applied for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aid statewide by Tuesday.

FEMA opens Eunice office

Federal Emergency Management Agency workers prepare for operations in Word Ministries on Tuesday. The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center should be in operation there from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and thereafter seven days a week. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened a Disaster Recovery Center Wednesday at Word Ministries, 1960 West Laurel in Eunice.

Church finds itself in the center of flood recovery

The Rev. Caleb Semien stands by a Federal Emergency Management Agency vehicle parked in front of Word Ministries. FEMA is to operate a Disaster Recovery Center at the church. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Word Ministries in Eunice is, perhaps, a church in the right place and at the right time.
On Monday, the former Walmart building that is home to Word Ministries, was selected as the site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center.

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