FEMA Strives to Leave No One Behind
FEMA Strives to Leave No One Behind FEMA customer service teams are calling applicants with disabilities to provide personal assistance as part of the agency’s commitment to ensure disaster recovery resources are available to everyone who was affected by Tropical Storm Helene. Disasters are traumatic for everyone including the 20% of Americans who have some form of physical, mental health, sensory, intellectual or cognitive disability. A disaster can take away the key components that enable people with disabilities or access and functional needs to live independently or to communicate with others. Tennesseans in Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties who