{"id":41731,"date":"2021-02-26T17:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=41731"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:35:01","slug":"texans-urged-to-participate-in-disaster-assistance-online-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/02\/26\/texans-urged-to-participate-in-disaster-assistance-online-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans Urged to Participate in Disaster Assistance Online Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/06\/23\/resource-specialists-and-stap-outreach-services-rfa-announcement\/hhsc-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?fit=257%2C94&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"257,94\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hhsc logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?fit=257%2C94&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?fit=257%2C94&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35873 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?resize=257%2C94&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?w=257&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?resize=160%2C59&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texans Urged to Participate in Disaster Assistance Online Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texans are urged to fill out the Texas Division of Emergency Management\u2019s State of Texas Assessment Tool to help state and emergency management officials identify damages that occurred during the recent winter storm. FEMA has asked the state of Texas for additional information regarding the amount of damage in the counties that have yet to be declared, and TDEM will continue to present that information until all Texas counties that qualify for federal assistance receive the assistance they need.<\/p>\n<p>Texans are also encouraged to pass this survey on to family, friends and organizations who live and operate in counties not currently declared for federal assistance. Click here to check your county&#8217;s status. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/disaster\/4586\">https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/disaster\/4586<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texans who live in current disaster-declared counties should apply for disaster assistance at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disasterassistance.gov\">http:\/\/www.disasterassistance.gov.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The objective of this survey is to identify damages across Texas, to help emergency management officials across the state gain an understanding of damages that have occurred during the recent winter weather.<\/p>\n<p>Please submit one survey per impacted address.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting damage to Emergency Management is a voluntary activity, is not a substitute for reporting damage to your insurance agency, and does not guarantee disaster relief assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Para la encuesta en espa\u00f1ol, haga Cliq Aqu\u00ed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/eb1ab4928205490182896d86783447d3\">https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/eb1ab4928205490182896d86783447d3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texans Urged to Participate in Disaster Assistance Online Survey Texans are urged to fill out the Texas Division of Emergency Management\u2019s State of Texas Assessment Tool to help state and emergency management officials identify damages that occurred during the recent&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/02\/26\/texans-urged-to-participate-in-disaster-assistance-online-survey\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1356,1065,27031,101,5405,27030],"class_list":["post-41731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-fema","tag-hhsc","tag-state-of-texas-assessment-tool","tag-survey","tag-texas-division-of-emergency-management","tag-winterstorm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-aR5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32555,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/12\/17\/how-to-get-help-from-fema-for-asl-interpreter-benefits-etc-16-counties-in-texas\/","url_meta":{"origin":41731,"position":0},"title":"How to Get Help from FEMA for ASL interpreter, benefits, etc &#8211; 16 counties in Texas","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"December 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qAU8-g75Q18&list=PL720Kw_OojlJQU-SiTwxW9cgzxGgeU8R4 Help from FEMA for Texans who had damage to their home and property during October floods.\u00a0 ASL interpreters also available upon request at the Disaster Recovery Centers. 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