(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for nine Iowa counties with damage from the April 26th storms. The counties include: Clarke, Crawford, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, and Union Counties. A Presidential Disaster Declaration would allow assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U-S Small Business Administration.
Funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance Program provides disaster-affected homeowners, renters, and businesses access to programs and services to maximize recovery, including assistance with housing, personal property replacement, medical expenses, and legal services.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Program provides homeowners, renters, businesses, and most nonprofit organizations in the affected counties whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster, the ability to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the SBA.
In addition, the governor requested funding to conduct hazard mitigation activities for the entire state.