FEMA ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED DAMAGE

The U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Security’s Fed­eral Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency announced that fed­eral dis­as­ter aid has been made avail­able to the State of New Jer­sey and ordered fed­eral aid to sup­ple­ment state and local recov­ery efforts in the area affected by Hur­ri­cane Sandy begin­ning on Octo­ber 26, 2012, and continuing.

Res­i­dents and busi­ness own­ers who sus­tained losses in the des­ig­nated county can begin apply­ing for assis­tance start­ing tomor­row by reg­is­ter­ing online at http://www.disasterassistance.gov, by web enabled mobile device at m.fema.gov or by call­ing 1–800-621-FEMA(3362) or 1–800-462‑7585 (TTY) for the hear­ing and speech impaired. The toll-free tele­phone num­bers will oper­ate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT seven days a week until fur­ther notice.