AUSTIN, Texas – A State of Texas/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will relocate at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 from Myers/Gallagher Real Estate (parking lot) and reopen in a new location on Feb. 27, 2018.
The new center is located at:
Aransas Pass Civic Center
700 W. Wheeler Ave.
Aransas Pass, TX 78336
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Disaster Recovery Centers offer in-person support to individuals and businesses in counties included in the Texas federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Harvey.
Recovery specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the State and other agencies will be at the new DRC.
Disaster Recovery Centers are accessible to people with disabilities and are equipped with assistive technology equipment such as amplified telephones, phones that display text, amplified listening devices and magnifiers. Video Remote Interpreting is available and in-person sign language is available by request. The centers also have accessible parking, ramps and restrooms.
Disaster survivors can visit any of the centers for assistance. Locations of other recovery centers are online at www.fema.gov/DRC.
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FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.
Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. If you or someone you know has been discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-3362 (voice, 711/VRS – Video Relay Service) (TTY: 800-462-7585). Multilingual operators are available (press 2 for Spanish).
The SBA is the federal government’s primary source of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private property. SBA helps businesses of all sizes, private non-profit organizations, homeowners and renters fund repairs or rebuilding efforts and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations. For more information, applicants may contact SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center by calling (800) 659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster. Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals may call (800) 877-8339.