Nine of the 18 counties in the state included in the disaster declaration are in our area.
People in Gilmer County, which was the hardest hit in the area, filed 171 applications for $366,000 in assistance.
Next on the list was Rabun County with 163 applications and assistance totaling $214,000.
Here is a county-by-county Northeast Georgia breakdown reflecting the name of the county, the number of applications in each county, the amount of housing assistance that was approved and the amount of "other needs" assistance that was okayed.
COUNTY APPLICATIONS HOUSING OTHER NEEDS
Dawson 29 $24,131 $20,450
Forsyth 32 $36,257 $442
Franklin 46 $30,639 $7,118
Gilmer 171 $196,104 $169,892
Pickens 41 $34,387 $449
Rabun 163 $128,975 $83,889
Towns 75 $44,858 $3,288
Union 48 $4,319 $1,620
White 47 $9,284 $1,932
In all, people in the 18 counties in Georgia included in the declaration received more than $3.4 million in assistance. Inspectors with the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed 1,736 inspections of damaged homes in the affected areas.
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