Not all residents needing aid after Februaryâs storms are eligible for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
But many state and other federal agencies, working both independently and in cooperation with FEMA, offer free services, programs and grants to residents who might need disaster assistance.
Many of these government entities that might be of help are listed here:
Texas Health & Human Services Commission: HHSC is allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to use their food benefits to purchase hot foods and ready-to-eat meals through the end of March. Foods such as rotisserie chicken or grocery store deli foods can be purchased at retailers that accept SNAP anywhere in the state, using the Lone Star Card.
Former Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) was confirmed as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday afternoon, on a vote of 66 to 34, and she was later sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Fudge told senators during her confirmation hearing in January that her top priority as leader of HUD would be helping the millions of Americans behind on paying their rent or mortgage because of the pandemic. "We cannot afford to allow people in the midst of a pandemic to be put in the streets," she said. The coronavirus stimulus package that passed on Wednesday sets aside $30 billion to assist low-income households pay rent and utilities. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who lives in the district Fudge represented, said she has the experience necessary to lead HUD because she knows "how many neighborhoods and towns have never had the investment they should — because of discrimination, because of redlining, because of decades of policy that funneled re
March 10, 2021 at 7:15 am
Beginning at 9am on March 15, 2021, the County of Hawai’i will be accepting applications for its Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) waiting list.
The housing choice voucher program is the federal government’s major program for assisting very low income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Federal funds are received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the County of Hawai’i to administer the voucher program.
There is no cost to apply. Only one application per family, per waiting list will be allowed.