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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

GA disaster aid tops $35 M

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security say the funds were a combination of federal, state and local aid to tornado and storm-ravaged areas as of March 1, 2007, according to a DHS statement:

  • $24,021,156.23 in public assistance funds
  • $3,558,027.60 state share
  • $20,463,128.63 FEMA share
  • $9,770,700 in U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans
  • $5,682,200 for homeowners and renters
  • $4,088,500 for businesses and economic injury loss
  • $1,354,036 in disaster assistance to families
  • $906,502 for housing assistance.
  • $447,534 for other needs assistance
  • $247,450 in disbursed federal disaster unemployment payments
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