Disaster press release FL 14886

FL 14886 - Over $2 Million in SBA Disaster Loans Approved in Florida for Hurricane Hermine Survivors

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Published on by Disaster Field Operations Center West

ATLANTA

– The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $2 million in low-interest disaster loans for businesses and residents in

Florida

affected

Hurricane Hermine

on Oct. 12, 2016.
“Currently, SBA has approved $2,485,400 in disaster loans for affected survivors,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.  “We are pleased to get these loans approved so residents in the disaster area can start to rebuild and resume their normal lives. I encourage anyone who has not submitted an SBA disaster loan application to do so as quickly as possible.”
The disaster declaration covers the counties of Citrus, Dixie, Hernando, Hillsborough, Leon, Levy, Pasco, and Pinellas in

Florida

which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA.  Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans: Alachua, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hardee, Jefferson, Lafayette, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Polk, Sumter, Taylor and Wakulla in

Florida

; Grady and Thomas counties in

Georgia

.
To be considered for all forms of disaster assistance, applicants should register with FEMA online at

www.DisasterAssistance.gov


or by mobile device at

m.fema.gov

. If online or mobile access is unavailable, applicants should call the FEMA toll-free Helpline at 800-621-3362. Those who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services should call 800-621-3362 (800-462-7585 TTY).

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at

https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela


.
Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov

.  Loan applications can be downloaded from

www.sba.gov

/disaster

.  Completed applications can be returned to a recovery center or mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is

Nov. 28, 2016


.  The deadline to return economic injury applications is

June 28, 2017


.

ATLANTA

– The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $2 million in low-interest disaster loans for businesses and residents in

Florida

affected

Hurricane Hermine

on Oct. 12, 2016.


ATLANTA


Florida


Hurricane Hermine

“Currently, SBA has approved $2,485,400 in disaster loans for affected survivors,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.  “We are pleased to get these loans approved so residents in the disaster area can start to rebuild and resume their normal lives. I encourage anyone who has not submitted an SBA disaster loan application to do so as quickly as possible.”
The disaster declaration covers the counties of Citrus, Dixie, Hernando, Hillsborough, Leon, Levy, Pasco, and Pinellas in

Florida

which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA.  Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans: Alachua, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hardee, Jefferson, Lafayette, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Polk, Sumter, Taylor and Wakulla in

Florida

; Grady and Thomas counties in

Georgia

.


Florida


Florida


Georgia

To be considered for all forms of disaster assistance, applicants should register with FEMA online at

www.DisasterAssistance.gov


or by mobile device at

m.fema.gov

. If online or mobile access is unavailable, applicants should call the FEMA toll-free Helpline at 800-621-3362. Those who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services should call 800-621-3362 (800-462-7585 TTY).

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at

https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela


.
Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov

.  Loan applications can be downloaded from

www.sba.gov

/disaster

.  Completed applications can be returned to a recovery center or mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.

The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is

Nov. 28, 2016


.  The deadline to return economic injury applications is

June 28, 2017


.

Nov. 28, 2016


June 28, 2017

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