All those who sustained damage from Typhoon Soudelor should register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. If you are unsure of your eligibility, FEMA will walk you through the process when you register.<\/p>\n
FEMA Individual Assistance is available to U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, and qualified aliens who have disaster-related damages on Saipan. The majority of qualified aliens are those with legal permanent residence (commonly called \u201cgreen cards\u201d), but there are other types of statuses that fit the definition of \u201cqualified alien.\u201d<\/p>\n
The definition of qualified alien, by law, does NOT include temporary workers living on the island. However, any applicant, including CW-1: CNMI-Only Transitional Workers, who has a qualifying person\u2014such as a minor child who is a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or qualified alien\u2014in their household may be eligible for FEMA assistance.<\/p>\n
Regardless of worker classification or immigration status, all survivors are eligible for short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency disaster relief programs such as:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Assistance from voluntary agencies;
\n\u2022 FEMA Community Service Programs, such as Disaster Legal Services and Crisis Counseling;
\n\u2022 Emergency assistance, such as emergency food and water; and
\n\u2022 Emergency food stamps.<\/p>\n
Even when applicants are found ineligible for certain assistance because of their immigration status, an applicant specialist will discuss their unmet needs and refer them to programs run by voluntary organizations that may be able to provide assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s much better to register,\u201d said Federal Coordinating Officer Stephen M. DeBlasio Sr. \u201cIf applicants turn out to be ineligible, registering has cost them nothing but a very small amount of time. If survivors who would have been eligible do not register, they stand to lose whatever assistance we might have been able to give them\u2014including referrals to other organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Survivors are encouraged to apply for assistance by calling 800-621-3362 or (TTY) 800-462-7585. Those who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services can call 800-621-3362 to register. Online registration is also available at www.DisasterAssistance.gov. Business owners can also contact the U.S. Small Business Administration Customer Service Center 800-659-2955. (FEMA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All those who sustained damage from Typhoon Soudelor should register with the Federal Emergency Management…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[493,133,848,6333],"class_list":["post-210255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-fema","tag-run","tag-tty","tag-typhoon-soudelor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}