Disaster Recovery Centers Set to Close Next Thursday

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The two Disaster Recovery Centers in Sonoma County are set to close permanently next Thursday at 6 PM. Addresses of both Disaster Recovery Centers are the Hanna Boys Center, 17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma 95476 and Press Democrat Bldg., 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa 95401.

On top of this, the Recovery Centers will also be closed December 23rd through December 25th and re-open on Tuesday the 26th at 9 AM. The centers are jointly run by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The centers offer disaster assistance resources to survivors of the October wildfires.

Those affected by the October wildfires are reminded that FEMA is a phone call, a mouse click and the FEMA app away. Disaster survivors can go online at DisasterAssistance.gov, use the FEMA app on a smart phone or call 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585 for TTY users. Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay Service can call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

SBA operates a Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) in Napa County at the Health and Human Services Administration Building, 2751 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Napa 94558. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The DLOC will be closed on Monday, Dec. 25, for the holiday.

SBA representatives are available at DRCs and DLOCs throughout the affected areas to explain SBA’s disaster loan program and help business owners and residents close their approved disaster loans. No appointment is necessary.

The deadline to return applications for businesses that suffered losses as a direct result of the disaster (called economic injury loans) is July 12, 2018.

For more information on California recovery, visit the disaster web page at WildfireRecovery.org, fema.gov/disaster/4344, and Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/femaregion9.