Deadline for disaster relief quickly approaching Mayor Barrett is encouraging residents who experienced damage during the July flooding to register with FEMA. Financial assistance is still available for Milwaukee residents, but the deadline to apply for federal aid is November 17th. “FEMA has already assisted more than 30,000 Milwaukee County residents who registered for aid,” [...]

The federal/state Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at the Milwaukee Brotherhood of Firefighters Association, 7717 W. Good Hope Road, transitioned to a Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) on Friday, Oct. 15. The center will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, until further notice. Establishment of the Disaster Loan [...]

Individual assistance granted On Sept. 18, FEMA announced Milwaukee residents will be eligible for individual aid following the July flooding. Originally, the state’s request for Individual Assistance was denied. FEMA denied the state’s request for Individual Assistance because they deemed the damage insufficient to qualify for individual federal aid. In response to the denial, Mayor [...]

Victims of the July 22 rainstorm received some encouraging news Monday during a public hearing held at the Quality of Life Center at Christ the King Church. Hundreds of surveys would be sent off this week as part of an appeal of a FEMA decision to provide emergency funds to local government, but not residents [...]

Late Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced its decision to reject Milwaukee County’s application for individual aid to residents whose homes were lost or severely damaged, due to flooding. Alderman Willie L. Hines, Jr., President of the Common Council, and Alderman Ashanti Hamilton , Chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee, have expressed [...]

Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are conducting joint preliminary damage assessments (PDAs) with Wisconsin Emergency Management and other state and local officials in Milwaukee and Grant counties this week, as a first step in the federal disaster declaration process. The PDAs are being conducted at the [...]