49 applications in to Disaster Recovery Coalition

The Butler County Disaster Recovery Coalition mailed 300 applications for assistance to three towns and rural areas affected by the floods of Sept. 21-Oct. 3. The coalition saw 49 of those applications returned. The deadline is now past. “We now have a case manager reaching out on our behalf,” said coalition member Jeff Kolb.
Life safety issues, such as furnaces, are the top priority of the commission. The case manager will verify whether applicants have applied to other programs that could help first. That is because the Recovery Coalition is typically for funding of last resort, Kolb said.
A list of personal property needed by those affected by the flood is being compiled by the Recovery Coalition, which will then seek to find replacements through either good clean used items at a reduced cost, or folks who would be willing to donate them.
Read the full article in the December 22 edition of the papers.