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Release Date: 09/27/05 00:00:00
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
September 27, 2005
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with other federal agencies, continues to respond to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Federal support to state and local officials, volunteer organizations and families who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina continues around the clock in an effort to provide recovery support to those affected by this unprecedented natural disaster. Federal assistance to households will help them get on the road to recovery.
Katrina Financial Assistance Released: $2.3 Billion (Figures represented below are cumulative totals to date.) View Chart (PDF, 1 page - 28 KB)
Relief Assistance Distributed for Louisiana by Date:
Relief Assistance Distributed for Mississippi by Date:
Relief Assistance Distributed for Alabama by Date:
FEMA has also received more than 114,000 financial assistance registrations from hurricane Rita victims and released over $1 million to those victims.
Since announcing a new housing program on Friday, FEMA has distributed $703 million dollars for transitional housing assistance to 298,000 applicants.
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