VERMONT — A suite of Efficiency Vermont flood recovery rebates are now available for households and businesses impacted by Vermont’s 2024 summer floods. The rebates for heating systems, weatherization and appliances have been extended to households and businesses impacted by this year’s flooding with up to $29,500 available to Vermont[Read More…]
Flood Recovery Information
One Month to Apply for Federal Assistance Following Storms
WILLISTON – Vermonters impacted by July’s severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have one more month to apply for federal disaster assistance, which may include housing repair grants from FEMA or low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The application deadline is November 25. For the July 9-11 disaster, individuals and households[Read More…]
President Amends Vermont Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Vermont by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for public assistance projects undertaken in the State of Vermont as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from[Read More…]
FEMA Extends Aid Deadline
VERMONT – Vermonters affected by the July 9-11 storm that caused major flooding in many parts of the state now have until Nov. 25 to apply for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The original deadline was set for Oct. 21, but the extension, announced in a Tuesday press release[Read More…]
Disaster Unemployment Benefits Available to Those Affected by Storm
MONTPELIER – With last week’s federal disaster declaration for a severe storm that hit the Northeast Kingdom in late July, disaster unemployment assistance is now available for those whose livelihoods were affected, the Vermont Department of Labor announced on Thursday. The July 29-31 storm dumped more than eight inches of rain across[Read More…]
Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration
VERMONT – President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Lamoille County in response to severe storms that hit parts of the state in late June. The president’s major disaster declaration, issued on Wednesday, opens up additional federal resources to help state and municipal governments recover from storm damage, including[Read More…]
Welch Asks Senate for Supplemental Disaster Aid, Notes Vermont FEMA Office in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vermont Senator Peter Welch took to the Senate Floor, September 12, to call for the passage of supplemental disaster aid for Vermont and other communities that have been impacted by natural disasters. In his remarks, Sen. Welch urged his colleagues to support flexible disaster aid programs and[Read More…]
Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program Reopens
MONTPELIER – The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP) application portal is now open again for properties damaged by the 2023 and/or 2024 flooding. BEGAP is a grant program for businesses, nonprofits, landlords and farms that suffered physical damage from flooding. It is available for properties damaged in 2023 and/or[Read More…]
Flood Recovery Resources Available through SBA
VERMONT – U.S Small Business Administration (SBA) flood recovery funding is available to individuals as well as businesses, through its Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. Homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits are eligible to apply for loans with interest rates as low as 2.688% that may help while applications for[Read More…]
NtN Forum Highlights Flood Recovery, Future Resilience Efforts
HARDWICK – Fifty residents joined Hardwick Neighbor to Neighbor (NtN) at a forum Monday, Sept. 16, where the town shared an overview of past, present and future flood recovery, mitigation and resilience efforts. Team Rubicon, the Hardwick Rescue Squad and Police Chief Michael Henry offered updates about the roles their[Read More…]
Plainfield Disaster Recovery Center Closes, Others Change Hours and Days of Operation
VERMONT – The state and federal Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at Goddard College in Plainfield closed permanently at the end of the day, Sunday, Sept. 15. The five remaining centers across Vermont have changed their hours and days of operation. As of September 15, four DRCs will no longer be[Read More…]
Plainfield Community Leans into Humor, Tradition During Flood Recovery
PLAINFIELD – Almost three months since Plainfield was devastated by flooding, its residents are feeling a mix of grief and hope. Dr. Opeyemi Parham lived in a 17-foot-diameter yurt along the Winooski River in the weeks before the July 2023 flooding. Walking by a dammed up section of the river[Read More…]
