October 12, 2016
Florida Hospital hopes this email finds you and your loved ones safe and out of harms way. Please find below a list of emails and resources to supportyou and your familyin post hurricane efforts and relief. Please right click on the hyperlink to open the website.
From Volusia County Public Information Network (this website will be updated regularly):
County Hotlines
  • Flagler County: 386-586-5111
  • Volusia County's Citizens Information Center: 866-345-0345 (open to answer hurricane-related questions from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Beginning Thursday, it will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until further notice.)
Hotlines
  • DeLand: 386-626-7000
  • Deltona: 386-878-8100
  • Edgewater: 386-424-2400
  • New Smyrna Beach: 386-424-2113 or 386-424-2114
  • Palm Coast:386-986-2360
  • Port Orange: 386-506-5999
Disaster distress helpline
This toll-free, multilingual and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster.
  • Call 800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
  • Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing can text TalkWithUs to 66746 or use their preferred relay service to call the helpline at 800-985-5990.
  • Persons who speak Spanish can call 800-985-5990 and press 2 or text Hablanos to 66746.
Residents with damaged homes
As of Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m.:
Residents with damage to their home should file a claim with their insurance company. Those who received significant damage from Hurricane Matthew are advised to call Volusia County's Citizens Information Center at 866-345-0345, which will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Wednesday.
Salvation Army
As of Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m.:
Salvation Army volunteers are providing food and water to the public at these locations:
  • Pierson Community Center, 124 W. Washington Ave., Pierson
  • Dollar General Store, 107 N. U.S. 1, Oak Hill
  • Publix, 1850 Ridgewood Ave., Holly Hill
  • EVAC building, 112 Carswell Ave., Holly Hill
Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner is served from 4 to 6 p.m.
Mobile canteens are roaming among HUD homes in Port Orange and mobile home parks in west Volusia.
People who want to help those affected by the storm to visit call 800-SAL-ARMY.
Volunteers and donations
As of Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m.:
  • The Halifax Humane Society asks residents to serve as "storm troopers" by hosting adoptable pets through Friday, Oct. 14. Employees and volunteers hope this will allow animals to stay in homes instead of the kennels while they continue to repair the shelter. Families are asked to stop by the shelter between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to temporarily foster a dog, cat or other adoptable pet. Animals should be returned by Friday, Oct. 14, with flexibility. If families fall in love with their new friend, they are welcome to adopt it from the humane society.
    If you have a lost or missing pet, contact the Halifax Humane Society r on its Facebook page. Include a photo of the pet. Residents can also call 386-274-4703.
    If you find an animal, send a photo with complete information by email or Facebook private message. If you drop an animal off at the shelter, let staff know.
    The Halifax Humane Society's shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2364 W. LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach. The society's dog park and Redinger Clinic are closed.
  • Volunteers and donations are being coordinated through the Emergency Operations Center. Call 866-345-0345.
  • Community Organizations Active In Disasters (COAD) is coordinating volunteers and donations through the Emergency Operations Center. For more information, call the Citizens Information Center at 866-345-0345. COAD is a multi-agency group that assists local governments in organizing and deploying volunteers and resources in response to the unmet needs of local disaster survivors. Membership is open to individuals, faith-based groups, government agencies, civic clubs, volunteer organizations, social service agencies, business people and emergency management personnel.
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Disaster Recovery Centers
  • Disaster Recovery Centers provide assistance with disaster unemployment, financial assistance through FEMA, elder affairs issues, housing and rental assistance, aid for businesses and referrals for other needs. DCF's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Office works with providers to staff centers with crisis counselors, and our Economic Self-Sufficiency staff are on site to handle replacement food assistance for clients who lost food due to power outages or flooding.
  • Benefit Replacement
Families and individuals who are current food assistance clients may receive replacement of benefits for the value of the food lost because of damage to their home or sustained electrical outages. To report food loss or to request replacement benefits, customers can obtain theFood Assistance Replacement Authorization Form. Customers can submit the form via fax at 1-866-886-4342 or by mailing it to: ACCESS Central Mail Center, P.O. Box 1770, Ocala, FL 34478-1770.
  • Food for Florida
The Department of Children and Families' "Food for Florida" disaster relief program provides emergency food assistance to families in need after a hurricane or another disaster under federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. Florida distributed $270 million in emergency aid to more than 2 million people after Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
For more information and to sign up for text/email alerts, visit
From:The Daytona Regional Chamber
Important Reporting Information and Funding Sources
Commercial and Residents
All local damage assessments should be reported to Volusia County Citizens Information hotline at 1-866-345-0345. They will only need general information at this number so that the property appraisers office can be informed and information can be submitted to activate funding and resources. Please indicate during your call if this is damage to a business and/or residence, so they can properly track your call.
Click Hereforthe website that the State EOC pushes people to for answers to anything Matthew-related.
Commercial
Additional reporting is necessary to activate services. We understand that this may feel duplicative but it's very important.
Click Herefor the site thatassists the State with determining if relief services for businesses should be activated.
EOC Contacts for businesses:
Larry Jerome McIntyre
Emergency Coordinating Officer, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity/ESF 18
850-921-3323

FOR BUSINESS OUTREACH ISSUES, CONTACT:
Christopher Eliadis
Private Sector Liaison, Florida Division of Emergency Management
850-727-3370

FEMA Hotline- 1-800-621-FEMA
Short-term loan information:
Owners of small businesses with two to 100 employees located in 67 counties affected by Hurricane Matthew can apply for short-term loans for up to $25,000. Loans are granted in terms of 90 or 180 days and are interest-free for that time period. To be eligible, a business must have been established prior to October 3, 2016, and demonstrate economic or physical damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew.
To complete an application by the Nov. 11 deadline, or for more information on the programClick Here. For questions regarding the Emergency Bridge Loan Program, contact the Florida Small Business Development Center Network state office at 850-898-3489.
For general and up-to-date information from our Emergency Operations Center
For public protection and emergency management :Click Here