[StBernard] Chalmette Disaster Recovery Center Will Not Reopen

[Westley Annis]

Chalmette Disaster Recovery Center Will Not Reopen

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Release date: OCTOBER 22, 2012
Release Number: NR-135
BATON ROUGE, La. - The St. Bernard Parish State/FEMA Disaster Recovery
Center located in Chalmette and scheduled to reopen on Oct. 22 has closed
down permanently.

Although the center has closed, Hurricane Isaac survivors can still contact
FEMA online at www.disasterassistance.gov or via web-enabled phone at
m.fema.gov. Applicants may also call 1-800-621-3362 or (TTY) 1-800-462-7585.
Those who use 711 Relay or Video Relay Services may call 1-800-621-3362. The
toll-free telephone numbers operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a
week.

Survivors may also contact the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) at
1-800-659-2955 or www.sba.gov.

The center was originally located at:

3220 Jean Lafitte Blvd.
Chalmette, LA 70043

Recovery centers have opened in many affected parishes to assist homeowners,
renters and business owners who sustained uninsured or underinsured losses
to their home or personal property as a result of Hurricane Isaac. For a
list of open centers in Louisiana go to www.fema.gov/disaster/4080.

For more information on Louisiana disaster recovery, visit online at
www.fema.gov/disaster/4080 or www.gohsep.la.gov. You can follow us on
Twitter at twitter.com/femaregion6 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FEMA.
Also visit our blog at www.fema.gov/blog.