State gives $250,000 in grants for flood recovery
- November 7, 2014
- / Shannon Nickinson
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Two Pensacola metro area nonprofits that deal in disaster relief earned grants from Volunteer Florida to help offset expenses from the April flooding.
Through the Florida Disaster Fund, the Volunteer Florida Foundation granted $250,000 in funds to the following organizations:
— Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies: $175,000.
— United Way Santa Rosa: $39,500.
— Okaloosa-Walton Long-term Recovery Organization: $35,500.
Chester Spellman, chief executive officer of Volunteer Florida, said these three groups, with extensive experience in long-term disaster recovery, will help families recover from the flooding of Apirl 29-30 by providing disaster case management, verifying losses and developing long-term recovery plans and utilizing volunteer teams to work on repairs.
The grants come from the Florida Disaster Fund, activated by Gov. Rick Scott and Volunteer Florida in May to help flooding victims.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has estimated a gap of $1,887,013 between what FEMA has verified as real property losses and what has actually been disbursed by FEMA.
The grants aim to assist local agencies in bridging that unmet needs gap.
“Volunteer Florida is committed to supporting our local partners throughout the recovery, as they serve families impacted by the 2014 spring flood,” Spellman said in a news release.
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