West Virginia Recovery Office: By the Numbers

Public Assistance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s West Virginia Recovery Office has been on the ground supporting state and local officials, communities, and individuals in responding to and recovering from the June 22-29, 2016 severe flooding that resulted in a federal disaster declaration for the State of West Virginia June 25. Because of the disaster, 18 counties were designated as eligible for FEMA and other federal agency assistance. A key part of our work has been to support the state and local communities as they identify grant projects to repair, restore or replace flood-damaged facilities that best support their communities’ needs.

Public Assistance: 18 counties
June 25, 2016 / June 25, 2017
Private Property Debris Removal: / 752 properties identified for demolition / 227 properties remaining for demolition
Culverts, Bridges and Road Projects / 0 Projects written / 581 Projectsin partnership with the WV Highway Dept.
Assistance to West Virginia Schools as of June 25, 2017
Nicholas County:
Summersville Middle School / 35 Portable Classrooms / 6 Temporary Structures
Richwood High School / 22 Portable Classrooms / 14 Temporary Structures
Richwood Middle School / 14 Portable Classrooms / 8 Temporary Structures
Kanawha County:
Herbert Hoover High School / 44 Portable Classrooms / 8 Temporary Structures
Bridge Elementary School / 12 Portable Classrooms / 4 Temporary Structures

$106 million in Public Assistance funding toWest Virginia:

$57.4 million

Federal shareprovided for public infrastructure.

$48.2 million Federal share provided for emergency work projects.

Individual Assistance

Individual Assistance Funding
County / IHP
Eligible / IHP Amount / HA Amount / ON Amount
Clay / 590 / $4,756,501.83 / $4,302,280.16 / $454,221.67
Fayette / 220 / $1,112,848.73 / $1,033,482.83 / $79,365.90
Greenbrier / 1,490 / $13,907,110.01 / $11,015,837.88 / $2,891,272.13
Jackson / 27 / $66,654.47 / $66,174.47 / $480.00
Kanawha / 1,388 / $13,756,668.74 / $11,641,879.59 / $2,114,789.15
Lincoln / 53 / $209,421.17 / $197,181.74 / $12,239.43
Monroe / 43 / $175,487.53 / $136,620.50 / $38,867.03
Nicholas / 559 / $3,460,764.27 / $3,003,105.23 / $457,659.04
Pocahontas / 42 / $179,199.43 / $172,776.42 / $6,423.01
Roane / 195 / $1,639,968.72 / $1,426,058.89 / $213,909.83
Summers / 87 / $415,445.95 / $353,950.27 / $61,495.68
Webster / 255 / $2,515,036.39 / $2,217,004.70 / $298,031.69
Sum: / 4,949 / $42,195,107.24 / $35,566,352.68 / $6,628,754.56

4,949 registrants eligiblefor funding provided to individuals, households, and families in 12 West Virginia counties.

$42.2 million in Individual Assistance (IHP)funding to individuals, households and families.

$35.6 millionprovidedinHousing Assistance(HA).

$6.6 million in “other needs” assistance provided in assistance to survivors for disaster-related expenses. (ON).

$5 million in Disaster Case Management grants awarded

Individual Assistance: 12 counties
Disaster Case Management: / 20 case managers – West Virginians helping fellow Mountaineers. / 589 referrals provided to survivors to assist with unmet recovery needs such as long-term housing, transportation and some medical expenses
Housing Assistance: / 45 Manufactured Housing Units (MHU) / 22 Manufactured Housing Units occupied
Housing Assistance: / 44 Survivors eligible for MHU / 24 Survivors currently housed in MHU

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. FEMA Region III’s jurisdiction includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Stay informed of FEMA’s activities online: videos and podcasts are available at fema.gov/medialibrary and youtube.com/fema. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/femaregion3.