Individuals also can apply for other types of federal disaster assistance by calling FEMA at 1-80 or by visiting Please visit the Missouri USDA Rural Development website for additional information. USDA offers a variety of resources for states and individuals affected by the recent disasters. We are also coordinating this effort with the Missouri Housing Development Commission to assist displaced individuals and families.
We will continue to work with our partners to meet immediate housing needs we are surveying USDA Rural Development-financed apartment complexes for vacant units across Missouri and neighboring states. I know one family that lost their home, their car, their possessions, their personal identification and records, as well as their jobs. Their office building seems a total loss. Most devastating was the Greenbriar nursing home, where 11 folks lost their lives in the tornado.īell Management Company-which provides management services to 64 multi-family housing (MFH) projects financed by USDA Rural Development (RD)-is based out of Joplin. Through the Rural Business Program, Missouri had guaranteed five different businesses in the Joplin community.
The Governor has been in Joplin everyday this week and has been in close communication with President Obama on multiple occasions and continues to work on coordinating federal assistance. I’m working with Governor Nixon and his key state agencies, FEMA, SEMA and other emergency/recovery entities to provide services to those affected. On the ground, USDA agencies continue to dig in to help.Įven though Joplin is on the threshold of 50,000 people, we are seeking waivers so that USDA Rural Development programs can be used to the maximum for individuals, families and businesses in the community trying to recover from this disaster. He thanked local residents and community leaders for their resilience during the floods, and helped direct UDSA’s efforts to respond to the floods. USDA Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse visited parts of Missouri just a few days before the tornado struck. I can’t imagine the pain of families who’ve lost loved ones.” The Joplin tornado hit hundreds of businesses, destroyed over 2,000 homes and, sadly, took more than 120 lives.Ĭlaire McCaskill, United States Senator for Missouri, toured the area earlier and said, “You get a sense of devastation through pictures, but in person the scope is overwhelming. This meeting is the first step on a long road to recovery but we will be there every step of the way.” “We are putting every available resource in place to help families and businesses cope with the aftermath of this devastating storm. “The entire state of Missouri stands with the people of Joplin,” said Governor Nixon. On Thursday, May 26, I joined Missouri Governor Jay Nixon for a tour of the tornado damage, followed by a community response meeting. At the direction of President Obama, who will visit Joplin over the Memorial Day weekend, USDA continues to help residents, farmers, ranchers and businesses. Over the past several weeks, in the wake of several disasters that have affected Missourians and others, USDA, FEMA and the entire federal family have been working with state and local officials to provide relief to those who need it most. Scores remain missing or unaccounted for. More than 120 people lost their lives and over 800 people were injured. It impacted hundreds of businesses and destroyed over 2,000 homes. The twister tore a path a mile wide and six miles long through the main part of town. I have never seen anything like it and hope to never again. It does not store any personal data.The devastation in Joplin is unbelievable, heartbreaking and hard to describe. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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