[Nhcoll-l] FW: ACTION REQUESTED and UPDATE: Major Disaster Declaration in WV and Additional County for DR-4860-KY

[Palmer, Lisa]

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From: FEMA-HENTF <fema-hentf at fema.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 4:06 PM
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED and UPDATE: Major Disaster Declaration in WV and Additional County for DR-4860-KY

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Dear HENTF members,



  1.  A major disaster declaration has been made on February 26th for the West Virginia severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on February 14th  (DR-4861).





  1.  Individual Assistance is available to individuals and households in the following counties: McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, and Wyoming counties. For disasters declared on or after March 22nd, 2024, FEMA's Individual Assistance program was expanded to include quicker access to needed funds including simplifying assistance for self-employed individuals such as self-employed artists and entrepreneurs. Learn more about this update in the Press Release<https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240119/biden-harris-administration-reforms-disaster-assistance-program-help>.



  1.  Information on DR-4861 can be found at  4861 | FEMA.gov<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4861>.



  1.  An amendment has been made for DR-4860-KY<https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4860> for the Kentucky severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides to include an additional county highlighted in yellow. The following counties are approved for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance (category B): Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Lee, Letcher, Martin, Owsley, Perry, and Pike counties.







Please continue to reach out to your members and constituents to help gather reports of damage, identify any unmet needs, and share the following resources:





1.                   Cultural institutions, arts organizations, and artists and performing groups can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals administered by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, are available 24/7 to provide advice and guidance.



2.                   Members of the public and individual artists who have questions about saving family heirlooms and personal collections can email the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org<mailto:NHRpublichelpline at culturalheritage.org>.



3.                   HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/save-family-treasures. Here you can find the downloadable FEMA fact sheets "After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures" and "Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms," available in multiple languages.



4.                   Were any cultural institutions or arts organizations affected? If so, how? Please encourage those impacted to fill out one of the following Rapid Damage Assessment Forms hosted by the National Coalition of Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation:

*         Cultural Institutions<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX2xFpCGc5gTq7UKQSO7xNQqpdL2kQMrFYNwx1RDxT-qsO8g/viewform__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!BEwzqxgODI1zp5m8dPjxlgwYFPE7FIaj_O7W7ACq-9ybGrR-NnlJbEYKQFEmx90HpQxxIbSEg_kByGNE4Gt2Xy4nRKR0tQ$>

*         Arts Organizations<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/forms.gle/fNAcHzBoUNWiWXY36__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!FF4rrinph9gvQncugXdq34H2en9zNSLRF0jqQYTXQ73WKE62iV2HZ8Ykr5Bt7tUEfC6fSU6AIIQi187ecfI2p0gcR5cdnkM$>

*         Individual Artists and Performing Groups<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/forms.gle/QL5gAYNUeG6fYRWn7__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!FF4rrinph9gvQncugXdq34H2en9zNSLRF0jqQYTXQ73WKE62iV2HZ8Ykr5Bt7tUEfC6fSU6AIIQi187ecfI2p0gcibV5DBo$>




We would appreciate it if you could copy fema-hentf at fema.dhs.gov<mailto:fema-hentf at fema.dhs.gov> on your distributions of this messaging to give us a better sense of the audiences that it is reaching. This will help us better tailor the messaging for future outreach. Please stay safe and I will stay in touch as disaster assistance evolves.



With thanks,
Sarah


Sarah Caruso
Disaster Operations Specialist | Heritage Emergency National Task Force
Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation
Resilience
Mobile: (202) 718-2011
Sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov<mailto:Sarah.caruso at fema.dhs.gov>
https://culturalrescue.si.edu/who-we-are/hentf
Federal Emergency Management Agency
fema.gov<https://www.fema.gov/>
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