Applicants’ Briefings Scheduled for Maryland Jurisdictions

REISTERSTOWN, MD – Officials from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that Public Assistance applicants’ briefings are scheduled for areas included under President Obama’s disaster declaration issued for Maryland.

The briefings will help representatives from the state, local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations (not households and individuals) apply for federal disaster assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms and straight-line winds during the period of June 29 to July 8, 2012.

After the severe storms, a presidential major disaster declaration was issued for 6 jurisdictions for the Public Assistance Program.  As a result, federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair and replacement of facilities damaged by the storms in the counties of Calvert, Charles, Kent, Montgomery and St. Mary’s in addition to the Independent City of Baltimore.

Below is a listing of locations, dates and times for the meetings:

August 9, 2012 – 10:30 a.m.
Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Main Conference Room
29449 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622

August 10, 2012 – 10:30 a.m.
Kent County
Kent County Public Works Building
709 Morgnec Road, Chestertown, MD 21620

August 13, 2012 – 9:30 a.m.
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Public Safety Building, Conference Room #1
100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

August 13, 2012 – 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore City
City Hall – City Stat Room
100 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Representatives from local governments and private nonprofit organizations (in the above counties and Baltimore City) are encouraged to participate in the applicants’ briefings.  Additional information about this disaster is available on FEMA’s website at http://www.fema.gov/disaster/4075#tabs-2

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.