The State Emergency Management Agency will conduct a briefing Wednesday in Houston to outline aid available following a presidential disaster declaration following a May 8 storm.
The meeting is at 9 a.m. at the Texas County Justice Center on North Grand Avenue.
During three-hour briefing, officials will be asked to complete and submit a “Request for Public Assistance.” In addition to a senior official with signature authority, representatives involved in fiscal grant administration and recovery operations should also attend.
The briefing will explain program eligibility requirements and reimbursement procedures to officials of the governmental agencies.
Private Non-Profit organizations may also be eligible for assistance if they meet the federal definition of educational, utility, emergency, medical, custodial care facility or critical facilities or provide an essential public service such as a zoo, museum, library, community center, homeless shelter, senior citizen center. To be reimbursed for their emergency work, they must attend a briefing and submit a “Request for Public Assistance.”